Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Switcha Limited Reference number: 828963 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.
- LDS (SHETLAND) LTD (FRN 1014901) introduces customers to Switcha Limited (FRN 828963). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not LDS (SHETLAND).
- Example: if LDS (SHETLAND) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from LDS (SHETLAND) 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.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
4 Hillcrest, Lerwick, Shetland, Shetland Islands, ZE1 0ST, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01595 692943 is
- Who else gives the postcode ZE1 0ST
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Muddy Bay Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Shetland Mobility Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Switcha 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
- SC531391 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 April 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 4 Hillcrest, Lerwick, Shetland, ZE1 0ST, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (SIC 47599)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debbie Leask | Director | Sep 1974 | 1 Apr 2016 | 3 other companies |
| Stuart Angus Leask | Director | Dec 1970 | 1 Apr 2016 | 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
- 2
- run together
- 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
- The 3 companies these 2 directors run together
Key dates in its history
Lds (Shetland)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
1 June 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Debbie Leask became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stuart Angus Leask became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
1 April 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
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Elsewhere in the UK
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 8 events in its history
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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