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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2003
- Accounts filed up to 30 November 2025
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
Responsible principal firm
IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD Reference number: 703401 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.
- Big Wheelers (South Wales) Limited (FRN 984919) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Big Wheelers (South Wales).
- Example: if Big Wheelers (South Wales) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Big Wheelers (South Wales) 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
Big Wheelers (South Wales) Ltd, Unit 5, Cwrt Y Parc, Earlswood Road, Llanishen, Cardiff, Caerdydd, CF14 5GH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07918 776553 is
- Who else gives the postcode CF14 5GH
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection 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, 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 04964270 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 November 2003 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 5 Cwrt Y Parc Earlswood Road, Cardiff Business Park, Llanishen, Cardiff, CF14 5GH
- Nature of business
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- Driving school activities (SIC 85530)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Derek Massey | Director | Jun 1960 | 14 Nov 2003 | 3 other companies |
| Derek Massey | Secretary | Not published | 8 Jul 2013 | – |
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
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 1
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
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£255k
−2.8% from £263k
Cash at bank
£366k
+26% from £291k
Employees (average)
8
Same as 8
Owed within a year
£237k
+23% from £193k
Net assets
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 04964270. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Big Wheelers (South Wales)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
7 October 2022
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Derek Massey took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2003
14 November 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Derek Massey appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Big Wheelers (South Wales)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Big Wheelers (South Wales). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Big Wheelers (South Wales)
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Cardiff
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 4 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, 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