Bristow Academy is the only school located outside of the JAA states which can train for JAA type ratings. Their approval is only for the R22, H269 and B206.
I may be wrong, but I believe that their instructors do not have to hold a JAA FI rating.
TorqueStripe - it should have only been 5 hrs and 3 hrs, not 5 hrs on each. You could also have got the Head of Training to apply for a reduction on the basis of your previous experience.