Access Financial Services has recruited its one hundredth adviser after being founded five years ago and is targeting a further doubling of its workforce.
The protection and mortgage advice firm was founded by Karl Wilkinson (pictured) as a one-man band in April 2017 and has since grown significantly, including doubling annual revenues in the last 12 months.
Of its 100 advisers, half specialise in protection and the other half cover both mortgages and protection.
The business has plans to further grow to double the number of brokers and enable them to double their earnings by broadening the product range they can offer.
It already holds general insurance permissions so advisers can offer the whole range of insurance products, it added.
Along with recruiting from other firms it provides training and an academy to support people from other sectors through their CeMAP qualifications.
Access FS CEO and founder Karl Wilkinson said it was a great achievement to attract one hundred advisers to join in just five years from a complete standing start.
“We try to do things a little differently from other firms, creating a collaborative environment for brokers to help each other rather than competing with each other.
“There really is plenty of business out there to go round. Protecting the customer and providing best advice is our number one priority, so our compliance standards are high but with a common-sense approach.
“Our ambitions now are to continue to grow and to double in size in the next twelve months,” he added.