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 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1991
- Accounts filed up to 30 June 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.
- Nigel Smith Plumbing and Mechanical Services Ltd (FRN 1029804) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Nigel Smith Plumbing and Mechanical Services.
- Example: if Nigel Smith Plumbing and Mechanical Services refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Nigel Smith Plumbing and Mechanical Services 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
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 7, Lindum Business Park, Station Road, Lincoln, LN6 3FE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When nsmithplumbing.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01522 697707 is
- Who else gives the postcode LN6 3FE
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
- 02572049 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 January 1991 (35 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 7 Lindum Business Park, Station Road, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, LN6 3FE, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (SIC 43220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Andrew Wiseman | Director | Jun 1971 | 16 Feb 2007 | 3 other companies |
| Mathew Nigel Smith | Director | Jul 1981 | 4 Jul 2011 | None |
| Stacey Smith | Secretary | Not published | 1 Jun 2014 | – |
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
- 3
- still active
- 3
In the full report: all 3 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 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£7.66m
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Profit before tax
£14.8k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
£3.12m
+41% from £2.22m
Cash at bank
£741k
+107% from £358k
Assets and liabilities
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 02572049. 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
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
5 March 2025
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2017
20 July 2017
- Nigel Smith Plumbing And Mechanical Services (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Nigel Smith stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Nigel Smith became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
1991
7 January 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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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