OTS Heating Services Limited

Reference number: 922781

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Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

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.
  • OTS Heating Services Limited (FRN 922781) introduces customers to TRADEHELP LTD (FRN 697812). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not OTS Heating Services.
  • Example: if OTS Heating Services refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from OTS Heating 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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  • When otsheating.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0191 372 7198 is
  • Who else gives the postcode DH1 1PE
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Other names (2)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • OTS Heating Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • OTS Heating Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Tradehelp 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, free
    You 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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
29 October 2013 (12 years old)
Registered office
21 Sharp Crescent, Gilesgate, Durham, Co. Durham, DH1 1PE
Nature of business
  • Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation (SIC 43220)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Christopher Brown Director Nov 1983 29 Oct 2013 None

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  • Confirmation that its director runs no other company
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2025Micro-entity accountsNot audited

Net assets

£1,450

−41% from £2,456

Employees (average)

7

+40% from 5

Owed within a year

£88.9k

−48% from £171k

Assets and liabilities

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  • Every year from 2020 to 2025
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 08753778. 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

OTS Heating Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2023

29 March 2023

  • Changed its registered name from "OTS Heating Services Ltd"
  • Began trading as "OTS Heating"

FCA register

2020

16 March 2020

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

  • Christopher Brown took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2013

29 October 2013

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Christopher Brown appointed as a director

Companies House

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms like OTS Heating Services

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is OTS Heating Services Limited FCA authorised?
OTS Heating Services Limited (FRN 922781) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for OTS Heating Services?
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. OTS Heating Services Limited (FRN 922781) introduces customers to TRADEHELP LTD (FRN 697812). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not OTS Heating Services. Example: if OTS Heating Services refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from OTS Heating 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.
What is OTS Heating Services’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0191 372 7198 and the website otsheating.co.uk for OTS Heating Services. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is OTS Heating Services a scam or clone?
OTS Heating Services is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with OTS Heating Services?
Protection works through Tradehelp Ltd, the principal firm responsible for OTS Heating Services's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns OTS Heating Services?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of OTS Heating Services: Mr Christopher Brown (75–100% of shares).
Who runs OTS Heating Services?
Companies House lists one director of OTS Heating Services: Christopher Brown.
How long has OTS Heating Services been in business?
The company was formed on 29 October 2013.
What do OTS Heating Services’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2025, show net assets of £1,450 (−41% from £2,456).
Does OTS Heating Services use any other names?
It trades as OTS Heating. It has previously used the name OTS Heating Services Ltd.

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