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 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2020
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £14.9k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Connect IFA Ltd Reference number: 441505 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.
- Multiply Finance Limited (FRN 929261) is an AR of Connect IFA Ltd (FRN 441505). When you use Multiply Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Multiply Finance, 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
Suite 7a, Building 6, Croxley Park, Hatters Lane, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD18 8YH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01442 780123 is
- Who else gives the postcode WD18 8YH
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Multiply Finance Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Synergy Commercial Finance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Connect IFA 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
- 12561172 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 April 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- Censeo House, St. Peters Street, St. Albans, AL1 3LF, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard David Frank Gann | Director | Mar 1967 | 3 Jun 2020 | 2 other companies |
| Nicola Gann | Director | Sep 1968 | 1 Jan 2022 | None |
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
- 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 these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£14.9k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£31.2k
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £14.9k more than it owned.
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 12561172. 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
Multiply Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
27 January 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Multiply Finance Ltd"
FCA register
2022
1 January 2022
- Derek Granville stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2021
29 December 2021
- Nicola Gann became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2020
6 July 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
3 June 2020
- Richard David Frank Gann became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
17 April 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Derek Granville became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Multiply Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Multiply Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Multiply Finance
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Watford
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 14 events in its history
- 2 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk