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Ten Years in Chorley and 500 Five-Star Google Reviews

October 01, 2026•2 min read

Ten years at 16 St Thomas's Road

This October marks ten years since Aspect Mortgages moved into 16 St Thomas's Road, Chorley. In the same month we have reached 500 five-star Google reviews.

Family-run since 2004. Rachel Gill founded Aspect in 2004 and Richard Gill joined the business in 2007.

In Chorley since 2016. We moved into 16 St Thomas's Road in 2016 and bought the building in 2022. Owning it has let us make sympathetic, sustainable improvements to the building.

The office is where clients sit down with the Aspect team in person.

"We've always wanted to be a local business, with real people that our clients can meet, talk to and get to know," says Rachel.

500 five-star Google reviews

"Reviews are particularly meaningful to us because every one represents a real person who has trusted us to help with an important financial decision," says Rachel. "We're enormously grateful that so many have taken the time to tell others about their experience, as well as recommending us to friends and family."

We have written before about why Google reviews matter and what to look for when you read them.

Thank you to every client who has taken the time to leave one.

A Chorley office with clients nationwide

Aspect now advises clients across the UK on mortgages, equity release and protection. Our base is still Chorley, and our page on mortgage advice in Chorley covers what we do locally.

Supporting Chorley

The Big Chorley Sleepout. The Sleepout takes place at Victory Park on Friday 13 November 2026, raising funds for three local organisations supporting people when they need it most. Aspect is one of two event sponsors and our team will be sleeping out. Read more in our post on the Big Chorley Sleepout 2026.

Chorley FC Women. Aspect has agreed a two-year sponsorship of the team.

Chorley FC Community Foundation. In May 2026 Aspect became the first business to sign up as a Friend of the Foundation, and we were part of the Foundation's team for the Big Sock-er Challenge at Victory Park. The details of the Friends scheme are in our post on the Chorley FC Community Foundation.

Beyond Chorley. Aspect also sponsors the Makerfield Ploughing Match and the Player of the Week award at Whitefield Cricket Club, and is sponsoring two barrels at the upcoming Bolton Beer Festival.

All of our local news is on the Aspect in the community page.

Aspect in the press

The anniversary and the 500 reviews have been covered by the Lancashire Post, the Lancashire Telegraph and the mortgage trade title The Intermediary.

Speak to an adviser

Appointments are available at 16 St Thomas's Road, Chorley, and to clients anywhere in the UK. Contact Aspect Mortgages to book one.

Richard Gill BSc (Hons),  Adv CeMAP, CeRER

Richard Gill BSc (Hons), Adv CeMAP, CeRER

Richard is Managing Director of Aspect Mortgages and has been working in financial services since 2007. Holding the Adv CeMAP, CeRER and a BSc (Hons), he oversees the business and team delivering expert mortgage and equity release advice across Lancashire, with a focus on building an independent, whole-of-market brokerage that puts clients first and makes the mortgage process as straightforward as possible.

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Aspect Mortgages Limited

16 St Thomas’s Road

Chorley, PR7 1HR

There will be a fee for mortgage advice. The precise amount will depend upon your circumstances but we estimate that it will be £495 for a residential/buy to let mortgage or £1,495 for an equity release/retirement mortgage.

Aspect Mortgages Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and is entered on the Financial Services Register (https://register.fca.org.uk/s/) under FCA reference 305352. The FCA do not regulate Business Buy to Let Mortgages.

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