Duplus Architectural Systems Limited
Reference number: 999437
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1957
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
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.
- Duplus Architectural Systems Limited (FRN 999437) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Duplus Architectural Systems.
- Example: if Duplus Architectural Systems refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Duplus Architectural Systems itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Duplus Architectural Systems Ltd, 370 Melton Road, Leicester, Leicester, LE4 7SL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When duplus.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0116 261 0710 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE4 7SL
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.
- Company number
- 00587805 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 July 1957 (69 years old)
- Registered office
- 370 Melton Road, Leicester, LE4 7SL
- Nature of business
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- Manufacture of doors and windows of metal (SIC 25120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard William Freer | Director | Oct 1962 | 3 Sep 1996 | 4 other companies |
| James David Freer | Director | Nov 1991 | 22 May 2024 | None |
| Richard William Freer | Secretary | Not published | 3 Sep 1996 | 4 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
- 4
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 3
In the full report: all 4 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
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.24m
+3% from £1.21m
Cash at bank
£684k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
69
+7.8% from 64
Owed within a year
£2.02m
−24% from £2.68m
No turnover or profit for the year to 31 December 2025: the accounts print them but do not tag them. The last tagged figures are £6.78m turnover and −£451k profit, for the year to 31 December 2021.
Assets and liabilities
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 00587805. 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
Duplus Architectural Systems’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
10 July 2023
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- William Freer Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1993
15 March 1993
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
1957
24 July 1957
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 19
Firms connected to Duplus Architectural Systems
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Duplus Architectural Systems. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Duplus Architectural Systems
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In Leicester
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 23 events in its history
- 4 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
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