INSIGHTS

Your guide to regulated financial services data

Your guide to navigating the FCA Register database — patterns, movements, and what they mean.

FCA Register for Sales Prospecting
10 May 2026

How to Use FCA Register Data for B2B Sales Prospecting

Learn how sales and marketing teams can use FCA Register data to find, segment and prioritise regulated financial services prospects.

Jamie Matthews
What is the FCA Register
9 May 2026

What is the FCA Financial Services Register?

Learn what the FCA Financial Services Register database is, what it includes, how it helps you check UK regulated firms and where enriched FCA data can help.

Jamie Matthews
Finding lists of FCA firms
7 May 2026

How to Get a List of FCA Registered Firms in the UK

Learn the main ways to get a list of FCA registered firms, from manual Register searches to FCA data extracts, APIs and enriched FCA databases.

Jamie Matthews
FCA definitions
6 May 2026

FCA Registered vs FCA Authorised: What’s the Difference?

Confused by FCA registered, authorised, regulated, approved and certified? Learn what each term means and how to check a firm’s real FCA status.

Jamie Matthews
FCA register commercial research
5 May 2026

Why the FCA Register Is Not Enough for Commercial Research

The FCA Register is the source of truth for regulated firms, but it is not built for sales, marketing, M&A or market research. Here is what it misses.

Jamie Matthews
Finding data on the FCA register
3 May 2026

FCA Register Search: What You Can and Cannot Find

Learn what you can search on the FCA Register, including firms, individuals, Directory Persons and appointed representatives, plus what the public Register does not show.

Jamie Matthews
Searching the FCA register
1 May 2026

FCA Register Database: How to Search UK Regulated Firms and People

Learn how to search the FCA Register for UK regulated firms, individuals, appointed representatives and Directory Persons, plus where public data falls short.

Jamie Matthews
Finding IFAs for sale
28 Apr 2026

How to Find IFA Firms for Sale in the UK

Looking to acquire IFA firms? Learn how buyers find off-market IFA acquisition targets using AUM, geography, specialism, team shape and succession signals.

Jamie Matthews
Finding IFA Firms
23 Apr 2026

How to Use the FCA Register to Identify IFA Firms

How can distribution teams, asset managers and private equity consolidators use the FCA register to find target independent financial advisor and wealth management firms?

Jamie Matthews

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