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 10 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2010
- Accounts filed up to 31 August 2026
Responsible principal firm
AFS Compliance Ltd Reference number: 625035 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.
- Barkers Truck & Trailer Ltd (FRN 752331) introduces customers to AFS Compliance Ltd (FRN 625035). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Barkers Truck & Trailer.
- Example: if Barkers Truck & Trailer refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Barkers Truck & Trailer 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
37 The Avenue, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 8DG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07979 532122 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode ST15 8DG
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Barkers Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Reefer Group Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through AFS Compliance Ltd, 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
- 07136132 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 January 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- The Reefer Trailer Centre, Whieldon Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 4HP, England
- Nature of business
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- Wholesale of other machinery and equipment (SIC 46690)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen William Barker | Director | Jan 1974 | 26 Jan 2010 | 9 other companies |
| Katie Elizabeth Mary Barker | Director | May 1984 | 1 Apr 2016 | 3 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 9
- closed down
- 4
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 9 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£354k
+45% from £244k
Cash at bank
£760k
+5.4% from £721k
Employees (average)
4
−33% from 6
Owed within a year
£1.05m
−24% from £1.39m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 07136132. 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
Barkers Truck & Trailer’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
26 July 2022
- Katie Elizabeth Mary Barker stopped being a part-owner
- Stephen William Barker stopped being a part-owner
- Walk Mill Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
11 July 2016
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Katie Elizabeth Mary Barker became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stephen William Barker became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2010
26 January 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Barkers Truck & Trailer
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Barkers Truck & Trailer. 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)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Barkers Truck & Trailer
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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