HCAT
Reference number: 975144
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Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
SME HCI Limited Reference number: 626422 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- HCAT (FRN 975144) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not HCAT.
- Example: if HCAT refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from HCAT itself.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Identity
Check their details
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Verified website
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Verified phone number
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Verified address
Unit 7 Great Cliffe Business Park,, Dodworth, Barnsley, S72 7BD, United Kingdom
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 08654591
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 16 August 2013 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Hcat, Unit 7 Dodworth Business Park, Dodworth, Barnsley, S75 3SP, England
- Nature of business
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- Primary education (SIC 85200)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Gallagher | Director | Dec 1955 | 1 Oct 2016 |
| Andrew Kent | Director | Jun 1953 | 1 Oct 2016 |
| Mark Utley | Director | May 1970 | 21 Mar 2022 |
| Michael Thomas Knight | Director | Feb 1988 | 18 Mar 2024 |
| Michelle Bowen | Director | Mar 1968 | 20 Oct 2025 |
| Gemma Astin-France | Director | Dec 1983 | 8 Dec 2025 |
| Sandra Lesley Bailey | Director | Feb 1952 | 9 Feb 2026 |
| Victoria Wood | Secretary | Not published | 16 Aug 2013 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through SME HCI Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
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