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 9 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2015
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
JTC GAS UK LLP Reference number: 551769 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.
- Bids Trading Limited (FRN 763377) is an AR of JTC GAS UK LLP (FRN 551769). When you use Bids Trading's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Bids Trading, 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.
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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
50 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0117 918 1216 is
- Who else gives the postcode SW1H 0BL
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
The FCA warning these came from
- bidtrade.net 17 June 2022
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Jtc Gas UK LLP, 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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 09586732 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 May 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 1, 7th Floor 50 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BL, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Berte | Director | Jun 1980 | 4 Apr 2022 | None |
| Karl Gordon Spielmann | Director | Aug 1970 | 30 Sep 2026 | 15 other companies |
| VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 12 May 2015 | – |
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
- 15
- closed down
- 10
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 15 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 one on the FCA register
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£107k
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
£3,119
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets
£97.9k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£106k
No earlier figure to compare
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 09586732. 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
Bids Trading’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
17 June 2022
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
1 November 2016
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2015
12 May 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 12
Firms connected to Bids Trading
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bids Trading. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Bids Trading
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
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- 15 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 15 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
- FCA warning: bidtrade.net fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk