The FCA Register

Investment firms and financial advisers the Financial Conduct Authority has authorised to manage other members' money. Check a firm or adviser is here, and authorised, before you trust them with yours.

Apply to be authorised

Nobody on the register matches that.

How authorisation works

1. The competence test. 25 multiple-choice questions on investing, the UKOGB Stock Exchange, the banks, ISAs and tax, and the FCA's rules. 18 to pass, within 30 minutes.
2. The application. Experience, the planned strategy, the fees, and for a firm the staff who will manage money, plus a fitness check on the applicant's record.
3. The FCA decides. A person at the FCA reads it, checks the record and approves or refuses. The FCA can later suspend, revoke or fine, and every action is shown here.

Unhappy with a firm or adviser? Open their page here and make a complaint to the FCA.