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 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2019
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2026
Responsible principal firm
Messels Limited Reference number: 403323 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.
- Master Trading Limited (FRN 990287) is an AR of Messels Limited (FRN 403323). When you use Master Trading's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Master 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
2 The Chase, London, SW4 0NH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07515 510682 is
- Who else gives the postcode SW4 0NH
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.
Fake phone numbers (1)
- 020 8073 1476
Fake email addresses (1)
- legal@mastertrdlmt.com
Fake websites (1)
- mastertrdlmt.com
The FCA warning these came from
- mastertrdlmt.com 27 August 2026
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Messels 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.
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
- 12081960 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 July 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 The Chase, London, SW4 0NH, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paolo Giovanni Carlo Francesco Ferrario | Director | Nov 1967 | 3 Jul 2019 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£255k
+110% from £121k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£144k
+7.3% from £134k
The accounts for the year to 31 July 2026 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £19.9k, for the year to 31 July 2021.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- Both charts, 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 12081960. 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
Master Trading’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
27 August 2026
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2023
19 January 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2019
3 July 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Paolo Giovanni Carlo Francesco Ferrario took control (75–100% of shares)
- Paolo Giovanni Carlo Francesco Ferrario appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Master Trading
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Master Trading. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Master Trading
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In London
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 5 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: mastertrdlmt.com fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk