Transtrade Link Limited: FCA regulated?

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 11 years
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 1998
Accounts filed up to 31 March 2025

Responsible principal firm

United Carpets (Franchisor) Limited Reference number: 656323 Authorised 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.
Transtrade Link Limited (FRN 700100) is an AR of United Carpets (Franchisor) Limited (FRN 656323). When you use Transtrade Link's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
Example: if you take financial advice from Transtrade Link, 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.

No website on the FCA register
Phone number

01332 342525
Address

United Carpets, Ascot Drive, Derby, DE24 8ST, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 01332 342525 is
Who else gives the postcode DE24 8ST

Other names (1)

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

United Carpets Woodfloors and Beds Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through United Carpets (Franchisor) 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, 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: 03612462 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 10 August 1998 (28 years old)
Registered office: C/O Smith Hannah, 50 Woodgate, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE3 5GF
Nature of business: Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores (SIC 47530)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Gulam Asghar Faruk Tayub	Director	Mar 1977	10 Aug 1998	3 other companies
Gulam Asghar Faruk Tayub	Secretary	Not published	10 Aug 1998	3 other companies

Other companies run by its director

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 its director sits 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

Year to 31 March 2025Small company accountsNot audited

Net assets

£110k

+5% from £105k

Cash at bank

£157k

+31% from £120k

Employees (average)

7

+17% from 6

Owed within a year

£179k

−35% from £277k

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 03612462. 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

Transtrade Link’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (5) All events (9)

2016

6 April 2016

Gulam Asghar Faruk Tayub gained significant control
Gulam Asghar Faruk Tayub no longer has significant control
H A T Investments Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2015

26 May 2015

Became an appointed representative

FCA register

1998

10 August 1998

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 9 events

All 9 events in its history (5 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 3

Firms connected to Transtrade Link

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Transtrade Link. 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 Transtrade Link

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

In Derby

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3 other companies its directors have run, named
2 background checks on its contact details
6 years of accounts, charted
All 9 events in its history
2 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Transtrade Link Limited FCA authorised?

Transtrade Link Limited (FRN 700100) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does appointed representative mean for Transtrade Link?

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. Transtrade Link Limited (FRN 700100) is an AR of United Carpets (Franchisor) Limited (FRN 656323). When you use Transtrade Link's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Transtrade Link, 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.

What is Transtrade Link’s phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 01332 342525 for Transtrade Link. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Transtrade Link a scam or clone?

Transtrade Link 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 Transtrade Link?

Protection works through United Carpets (Franchisor) Limited, the principal firm responsible for Transtrade Link's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns Transtrade Link?

Transtrade Link is owned by H A T Investments Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 6 April 2016. Before that, it was controlled by Mr Gulam Asghar Faruk Tayub.

Who runs Transtrade Link?

Companies House lists one director of Transtrade Link: Gulam Asghar Faruk Tayub.

How long has Transtrade Link been in business?

The company was formed on 10 August 1998.

What do Transtrade Link’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2025, show net assets of £110k (+5% from £105k) and cash at bank of £157k (+31% from £120k).

Does Transtrade Link use any other names?

It trades as United Carpets Woodfloors and Beds.