Bathco Designs Limited: FCA regulated?

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 2021
Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025

Responsible principal firm

IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD Reference number: 703401 Authorised 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.
BATHCO DESIGNS LIMITED (FRN 1047798) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not BATHCO DESIGNS.
Example: if BATHCO DESIGNS refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from BATHCO DESIGNS 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.

Website

bathcodesigns.com (opens in a new tab)
Phone number

01603 856104
Address

Bathco Designs, Shadwell, Thetford, Norfolk, IP24 2RY, United Kingdom

In the full report: 3 background checks

When bathcodesigns.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
What kind of line 01603 856104 is
Who else gives the postcode IP24 2RY

Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

Bathco Home Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through Ideal Sales Solutions 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, free
You 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: 13409952 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 20 May 2021 (5 years old)
Registered office: Unit 8 Dolphin Business Park, Shadwell, Thetford, IP24 2RY, United Kingdom
Nature of business: Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (SIC 46740)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Stuart Keith Gardner	Director	Nov 1975	20 May 2021	3 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: 3
still active: 3

In the full report: all 3 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

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsNot audited

Total equity

£180k

No earlier figure to compare

Employees (average)

0

−100% from 1

Owed within a year

£876

No earlier figure to compare

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

Every year from 2022 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.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 13409952. 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

Bathco Designs’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (4) All events (7)

2025

9 December 2025

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2021

20 May 2021

Incorporated at Companies House
Sarah Fay Gardner became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Stuart Keith Gardner became a part-owner (25–50% 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

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5 years of accounts, charted
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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Bathco Designs Limited FCA authorised?

Bathco Designs Limited (FRN 1047798) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does introducer appointed representative mean for Bathco Designs?

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. Bathco Designs Limited (FRN 1047798) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Bathco Designs. Example: if Bathco Designs refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Bathco Designs 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.

What is Bathco Designs’ phone number and website?

The FCA register lists the phone number 01603 856104 and the website bathcodesigns.com for Bathco Designs. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Bathco Designs a scam or clone?

Bathco Designs is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.

Is my money safe with Bathco Designs?

Protection works through Ideal Sales Solutions Ltd, the principal firm responsible for Bathco Designs's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns Bathco Designs?

Companies House lists 2 people with significant control of Bathco Designs: Mr Stuart Keith Gardner (25–50% of shares) and Mrs Sarah Fay Gardner (25–50% of shares).

Who runs Bathco Designs?

Companies House lists one director of Bathco Designs: Stuart Keith Gardner.

How long has Bathco Designs been in business?

The company was formed on 20 May 2021.

What do Bathco Designs’ latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show total equity of £180k (no earlier figure to compare).

Does Bathco Designs use any other names?

It trades as Bathco Home.