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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2018
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
- On its latest accounts it owed £1.57m more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Jove Technology Limited Reference number: 977188 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.
- ApTap Ltd (FRN 1049135) is an AR of Jove Technology Limited (FRN 977188). When you use ApTap's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from ApTap, 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.
This company holds another FCA record
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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
41 Pitfield Street, London, N1 6DA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07821 854022 is
- Who else gives the postcode N1 6DA
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Jove Technology 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
- 11171584 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 January 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- 41 Pitfield St, London, Pitfield Street, London, N1 6DA, England
- Nature of business
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- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (SIC 66120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nurdaulet Sarkytbayev | Director | Feb 1993 | 26 Jan 2018 | None |
| Isa Idris Ibrahim | Director | Dec 1995 | 26 Jul 2019 | None |
| William Peter Alexander Billingsley | Director | Mar 1995 | 26 Jul 2019 | None |
| Richard Jacob Burston | Director | Dec 1960 | 4 Apr 2022 | 4 other companies |
| Askar Aubakirov | Director | May 1970 | 29 Nov 2022 | None |
| Nurdaulet Sarkytbayev | Secretary | Not published | 26 Jan 2018 | – |
| William Billingsley | Secretary | Not published | 26 Jan 2018 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 4
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 4 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£1.57m
Down £914k from −£657k
Cash at bank
£42.7k
−1.8% from £43.5k
Employees (average)
10
+11% from 9
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £1.57m more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 11171584. 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
ApTap’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
30 December 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2022
4 June 2022
- William Peter Alexander Billingsley gained significant control
Companies House
4 April 2022
- Nurdaulet Sarkytbayev no longer has significant control
Companies House
2020
22 December 2020
- William Billingsley stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
26 January 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Nurdaulet Sarkytbayev gained significant control
- William Billingsley became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 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