Unbiased
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Fine free starting point for UK consumers who want help finding a financial adviser.
New check
Comparison
Unbiased lands on Depends, and Register lands on Skip.
Fine free starting point for UK consumers who want help finding a financial adviser.
There is nothing to buy: this is the UK FCA's free public register for checking whether financial firms and individuals are authorised.
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| Verdict | Depends | Skip |
| Best for | UK consumers finding a financial adviser | Verifying UK financial firm authorisation |
| Who it's not for | Non-UK users . this is a UK service | Anyone shopping for software, there is nothing to buy |
| Privacy | Publishes a product security page; no known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.⁵ | No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.12 |
| Support quality | Public complaint over subscription terms | No support evidence found |
| Public sentiment | Trustpilot carries many pages of customer reviews while UK trade press records adviser complaints about pricing changes and subscription terms.¹ | No user reviews exist for this site; review evidence found concerns unrelated companies like.13 |
| Biggest gotcha | 2023 pricing restructure was publicly criticised for favouring larger firms² | Nothing to buy or onboard. This is a regulatory lookup, not software.11 |