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 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £278k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Social Money Limited Reference number: 675283 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.
- AMPIKAS ACADEMY WHOLESALE LTD (FRN 944610) introduces customers to Social Money Limited (FRN 675283). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not AMPIKAS ACADEMY WHOLESALE.
- Example: if AMPIKAS ACADEMY WHOLESALE refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from AMPIKAS ACADEMY WHOLESALE itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
307 Hale Road, Hale Barns, Altrincham, Greater Manchester, WA15 8SS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07818 448554 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA15 8SS
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Ampikas Aesthetics Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Ampika's Aesthetics Training Academy Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- AMPIKA'S TRAINING ACADEMY LIMITED Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Social Money 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
- 12876281 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 September 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- 307 Hale Road, Hale Barn, Altrincham, WA15 8SS, England
- Nature of business
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- General secondary education (SIC 85310)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ampika Pickston | Director | Jul 1981 | 13 Sep 2020 | 5 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
- 5
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 4
In the full report: all 5 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
−£278k
Down £126k from −£152k
Employees (average)
3
−25% from 4
Owed within a year
£298k
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £278k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 12876281. 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
Ampikas Academy Wholesale’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
4 June 2021
- Changed its registered name from "AMPIKA'S TRAINING ACADEMY LIMITED"
FCA register
9 February 2021
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2020
13 September 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Ampika Pickston took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Ampikas Academy Wholesale
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ampikas Academy Wholesale. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 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
Firms like Ampikas Academy Wholesale
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Altrincham
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 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