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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2012
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2024
Responsible principal firm
Social Money Limited Reference number: 675283 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.
- MODERN GROUP LTD (FRN 1009768) introduces customers to Social Money Limited (FRN 675283). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not MODERN GROUP.
- Example: if MODERN GROUP refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from MODERN GROUP 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
24 Pownall Avenue, Bramhall, Stockport, Stockport, SK7 2HE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0161 439 1400 is
- Who else gives the postcode SK7 2HE
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Flue Stock Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Modern Co Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Modern Fitness Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Modern Heat Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Modern Stoves Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Social Money 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
- 08240829 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 October 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- 24 Pownall Avenue, Bramhall, Stockport, SK7 2HE, England
- Nature of business
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- Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (SIC 46740)
- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (SIC 47910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicola Trees | Director | Jun 1976 | 4 Oct 2012 | 2 other companies |
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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£2.72m
−5.8% from £2.89m
Profit before tax
£241k
+191% from £82.8k
Net assets
£194k
+18% from £164k
Cash at bank
£480k
+60% from £300k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2024
- 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 08240829. 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
Modern Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
2 March 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
3 October 2016
- Nicola Trees took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
4 October 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms like Modern Group
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Stockport
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
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- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 9 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