Date authorised
1 April 2013
Last scraped
3 weeks ago
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Addresses

The contact details this firm has registered with the FCA.

  • Principal Place of Business

    Sentinel House
    Morton Road
    Darlington
    County Durham
    DL1 4PT
    UNITED KINGDOM
    Phone
    +4401325366366
  • Complaints Contact

    Sentinel House
    Morton Road
    Darlington
    County Durham
    DL1 4PT
    UNITED KINGDOM
    Phone
    +4401325366366

What this firm is allowed to do

The regulated activities the FCA has granted this firm permission to carry out.

  • Bank Deposits

    For All, Deposit

  • Mortgage Servicing

    For Customer, Regulated mortgage contract

  • P2P Lending Advice

    For Commercial, Retail (Non-Investment Insurance)

  • Investment Advice (no pensions)

    For Commercial, Retail (Non-Investment Insurance), Non-investment insurance contracts

  • Mortgage Advice

    For Customer, Regulated mortgage contract

  • Authorised to Operate

    Show 1 limitation
    • · The firm can only agree to carry on the regulated activities specified in this Notice.
  • Arranges Investments

    For Commercial, Retail (Investment), Retail (Non-Investment Insurance), Debenture, Government and public security, Non-investment insurance contracts, Rights to or interests in investments (Security), Share, Unit, Warrant

    Show 1 limitation
    • · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (security)" is limited to the investment types granted for this activity.
  • Mortgage Arranging

    For Customer, Regulated mortgage contract

  • Credit Brokering

  • Trades With You Directly

    For Eligible Counterparty, Professional, Retail (Investment), Commodity Future, Commodity option and option on commodity future, Contract for Differences (excluding a spread bet and, a rolling spot forex contract and a binary bet), Future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract), Option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future), Rights to or interests in investments (Contractually Based Investments), Rolling spot forex contract, Spread Bet

    Show 2 limitations
    • · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (contractually based)" is limited to investment types granted for this activity.
    • · The firm, in carrying out this regulated activity, is limited to entering into transactions in a manner which, if the firm was an unauthorised person, would come within article 16 of the RAO.
  • Mortgage Lending

    For Customer, Regulated mortgage contract

  • Mortgage Setup

    For Customer, Regulated mortgage contract

  • Investment Setup

    For Commercial, Retail (Non-Investment Insurance), Non-investment insurance contracts

Approved individuals

Senior staff personally approved by the FCA to hold their roles here.

  • David Stewart Metcalfe

    IRN DSM01068

    • CF10 Compliance Oversight (1 Dec 2001 to 6 Aug 2010)
    • CF11 Money Laundering Reporting (1 Dec 2001 to 6 Aug 2010)
    • CF1 Director (1 Dec 2001 to 6 Aug 2010)
    • CF8 Apportionment and Oversight (1 Dec 2001 to 31 Mar 2009)
  • Donald Ian Bell

    IRN DXB32925

    • SMF17 Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) (1 Jul 2020 to 16 Dec 2020)
    • SMF4 Chief Risk (1 Jul 2020 to 16 Dec 2020)
    • SMF16 Compliance Oversight (1 Jul 2020 to 16 Dec 2020)
  • Duncan Asker

    IRN DXA01223

    • Director of firm who is not a certification employee or a SMF manager (since 1 May 2025)
  • Helen Easton

    IRN HXE00069

    • [FCA CF] Significant management (since 2 May 2023)
  • Ian Douglas Wilson

    IRN IDW01038

    • SMF10 Chair of the Risk Committee (21 Dec 2017 to 1 Aug 2022)
  • Ian Patchett

    IRN IXP00024

    • 20. Advising or arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts for a non-business purpose
    • [FCA CF] Manager of certification employee (since 1 Oct 2019)
    • [FCA CF] Functions requiring qualifications (since 1 Jan 2019)
  • James David Alexander Ramsbotham

    IRN JDR01107

    • SMF9 Chair of the Governing Body (7 Mar 2016 to 31 Dec 2017)
    • CF2 Non Executive Director (16 Nov 2006 to 6 Mar 2016)
  • Janice Lincoln

    IRN JXS01530

    • CF10 Compliance Oversight (1 Jan 2013 to 26 Sep 2014)
    • CF1 Director (20 Oct 2010 to 27 Feb 2015)
    • CF11 Money Laundering Reporting (20 Oct 2010 to 16 May 2012)
    • CF28 Systems and controls (1 Nov 2007 to 9 Mar 2015)
    • CF13 Finance (1 Dec 2001 to 31 Oct 2007)
  • Jessica Williams

    IRN JXW00086

    • Director of firm who is not a certification employee or a SMF manager (1 Aug 2019 to 1 Aug 2022)
  • Joanne Hirons

    IRN JXH03120

    • [PRA CF] Significant risk taker or Material risk taker (since 18 Feb 2026)
    • [PRA CF] Key function holder (1 Jan 2025 to 18 Feb 2026)

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