Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £2,229 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Clifford Lane Limited Reference number: 794917 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- A-Pro Associates Limited (FRN 1007409) is an AR of Clifford Lane Limited (FRN 794917). When you use A-Pro Associates's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from A-Pro Associates, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- 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
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
International House, Hodgson Way, Wickford, Essex, SS11 8YY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3874 0116 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SS11 8YY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Clifford Lane 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
- 15324263 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 December 2023 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Ashbourne House Old Portsmouth Road, Artington, Guildford, GU3 1LR, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Ronald Layton | Director | Apr 1965 | 3 Dec 2023 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£2,229
Down £812 from −£1,417
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£2,519
−36% from £3,959
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £2,229 more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 15324263. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
A-Pro Associates’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
1 February 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2023
3 December 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Jonathan Ronald Layton took control (75–100% of shares)
- Jonathan Ronald Layton appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to A-Pro Associates
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with A-Pro Associates. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like A-Pro Associates
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Wickford
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 4 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