A2 Trade Ltd
Reference number: 1061798
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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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2024
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £83.8k more than it owned
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Jigsaw Finance Limited Reference number: 679612 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.
- A2 TRADE LTD (FRN 1061798) introduces customers to Jigsaw Finance Limited (FRN 679612). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not A2 TRADE.
- Example: if A2 TRADE refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from A2 TRADE 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
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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Phone number
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Address
Unit 2, Heanor Gate Industrial Estate, Heanor Gate Road, Heanor, Derbyshire, DE75 7RJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When shipleyperformance.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07843 189485 is
- Who else gives the postcode DE75 7RJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Shipley Performance & Commercial Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Jigsaw 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
- 15548151 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 March 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Duffield Road, Derby, DE1 3BB, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
- Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45310)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Gary Thorpe | Director | Oct 1989 | 8 Mar 2024 | 4 other companies |
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 companies
- 4
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 3
In the full report: all 4 companies, 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£83.8k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£5,251
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
0
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Owed within a year
£89.0k
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £83.8k more than it owned.
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 15548151. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
A2 Trade’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
7 August 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
- Began trading as "Shipley Performance & Commercial"
FCA register
2024
8 March 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Adam Gary Thorpe took control (75–100% of shares)
- Adam Gary Thorpe appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 5 events in its history
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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