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 1998
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
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.
- THE REAL COMPUTER SHOP LIMITED (FRN 1025352) introduces customers to Social Money Limited (FRN 675283). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not THE REAL COMPUTER SHOP.
- Example: if THE REAL COMPUTER SHOP refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from THE REAL COMPUTER SHOP 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Old Linen Court, 83-85 Shambles Street,, Barnsley, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2SB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0114 268 7999 is
- Who else gives the postcode S70 2SB
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
- 03619756 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 August 1998 (28 years old)
- Registered office
- Old Linen Court, 83-85 Shambles Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire, S70 2SB
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of computers, peripheral units and software in specialised stores (SIC 47410)
- Repair of computers and peripheral equipment (SIC 95110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Michael Dutch | Director | Jul 1969 | 9 Sep 1998 | 1 other company |
| Nicholas Vincent White | Director | Nov 1969 | 9 Sep 1998 | None |
| Nicholas Vincent White | Secretary | Not published | 9 Sep 1998 | 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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£101k
<1% from £100k
Cash at bank
£57.9k
−7.4% from £62.6k
Owed within a year
£102k
−14% from £119k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03619756. 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
The Real Computer Shop’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
24 January 2025
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Nicholas Michael Dutch became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Nicholas Vincent White became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
1998
21 August 1998
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to The Real Computer Shop
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with The Real Computer Shop. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like The Real Computer Shop
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Barnsley
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 10 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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