Stort Blinds Limited: FCA regulated?

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 under a year
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 2010
Accounts filed up to 31 January 2025

Responsible principal firm

IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD Reference number: 703401 Authorised 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.
Stort Blinds Limited (FRN 1053429) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Stort Blinds.
Example: if Stort Blinds refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Stort Blinds 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.

Website

stortblinds.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Phone number

01279 504121
Address

Unit H Suite 7&8 Peek Business Centre, Woodside, CM23 5RG, United Kingdom

In the full report: 3 background checks

When stortblinds.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
What kind of line 01279 504121 is
Who else gives the postcode CM23 5RG

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection 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, 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 number: 07135567 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 26 January 2010 (16 years old)
Registered office: 9 Church Street, Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire, CM23 2LY
Nature of business: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Nicola Edwards	Director	Jul 1975	26 Jan 2010	None
Steven Charles Edwards	Director	May 1971	12 Feb 2026	None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 January 2025Abridged accountsNot audited

Net assets

£8,069

−66% from £23.4k

Cash at bank

£55.8k

+25% from £44.5k

Employees (average)

4

Same as 4

Owed within a year

£121k

+73% from £69.9k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 6 years of accounts

Every year from 2020 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 07135567. 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

Stort Blinds’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (4) All events (8)

2026

16 March 2026

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

Nicola Edwards became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Steven Charles Edwards became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2010

26 January 2010

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 8 events

All 8 events in its history (4 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 4

Firms connected to Stort Blinds

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Stort Blinds. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms: 3
share its postcode: 3

In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named

How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
Who links each one: the named directors, with dates

Firms like Stort Blinds

Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.

In the Chelmsford (CM) postcode area

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Every company its directors have run, named
3 background checks on its contact details
6 years of accounts, charted
All 8 events in its history
3 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Stort Blinds Limited FCA authorised?

Stort Blinds Limited (FRN 1053429) 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 Stort Blinds?

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. Stort Blinds Limited (FRN 1053429) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Stort Blinds. Example: if Stort Blinds refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Stort Blinds 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 Stort Blinds’ phone number and website?

The FCA register lists the phone number 01279 504121 and the website stortblinds.co.uk for Stort Blinds. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Stort Blinds a scam or clone?

Stort Blinds 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 Stort Blinds?

Protection works through Ideal Sales Solutions Ltd, the principal firm responsible for Stort Blinds's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns Stort Blinds?

Companies House lists 2 people with significant control of Stort Blinds: Mrs Nicola Edwards (25–50% of shares) and Mr Steven Charles Edwards (25–50% of shares).

Who runs Stort Blinds?

Companies House lists 2 directors of Stort Blinds: Nicola Edwards and Steven Charles Edwards.

How long has Stort Blinds been in business?

The company was formed on 26 January 2010.

What do Stort Blinds’ latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 January 2025, show net assets of £8,069 (−66% from £23.4k) and cash at bank of £55.8k (+25% from £44.5k).