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 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
Responsible principal firm
Snap-on Finance UK Limited Reference number: 630814 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.
- Bone A Limited (FRN 938449) is an AR of Snap-on Finance UK Limited (FRN 630814). When you use Bone A's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Bone A, 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
A company can hold several FCA records, covering different parts of its business, and each one carries its own permissions and protection. The reference number you were given decides which record applies to you.
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
31 Highview Road, Eastergate, Chichester, PO20 3XB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07830 177181 is
- Who else gives the postcode PO20 3XB
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Snap-on Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Snap-on Diagnostics Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Snap-on Tools Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Snap-on Finance UK 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
- 12977350 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 October 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- Cawley Priory, South Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1SY, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Paul Bone | Director | Mar 1979 | 27 Oct 2020 | None |
| Clea Melissa Moore | Director | Jul 1979 | 14 Sep 2023 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£176k
+14% from £154k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£61.2k
<1% from £61.1k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 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 12977350. 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
Bone A’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
13 November 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
27 October 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Andrew Paul Bone took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
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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