2 Start Limited
Reference number: 1042372
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Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2008
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025
Responsible principal firm
SNAP FINANCE LIMITED Reference number: 741813 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- 2 START LIMITED (FRN 1042372) introduces customers to SNAP FINANCE LIMITED (FRN 741813). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not 2 START.
- Example: if 2 START refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from 2 START itself.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 4 Shawcross Industrial Park, Ackworth Road, Portsmouth, Portsmouth, PO3 5HU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When 2start-training.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01603 426294 is
- Who else gives the postcode PO3 5HU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Snap Finance Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 06752547 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 November 2008 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 4 Shawcross Industrial Park, Ackworth Road, Hilsea, Portsmouth, PO3 5HU, England
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Paul Kenneth Moon | Director | Dec 1975 | 1 Apr 2010 | 5 other companies |
| Caroline Moon | Director | Dec 1976 | 26 Feb 2016 | 1 other company |
| Roy Chambers | Director | May 1962 | 31 Dec 2017 | None |
| Clinton Steggles | Director | Dec 1971 | 1 Apr 2025 | None |
| Jack Day | Director | Mar 1996 | 1 Apr 2025 | None |
| Jennifer Newcombe | Director | Sep 1986 | 1 Apr 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 6 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 5
- closed down
- 3
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 6 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£361k
+12% from £323k
Cash at bank
£566k
+13% from £502k
Employees (average)
40
Same as 40
Owed within a year
£580k
−4.7% from £608k
Net assets
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06752547. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
2 Start’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
20 September 2025
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2024
24 January 2024
- Paul Kenneth Moon became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2010
31 March 2010
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2008
18 November 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 14
Firms connected to 2 Start
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with 2 Start. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
- past link
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like 2 Start
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Portsmouth
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk