TrustATrader.com Limited
Reference number: 485458
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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.
- Appointed for 18 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2005
- Accounts filed up to 30 June 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £207k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
A-PLAN HOLDINGS Reference number: 310164 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.
- TrustATrader.com Limited (FRN 485458) introduces customers to A-PLAN HOLDINGS (FRN 310164). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not TrustATrader.com.
- Example: if TrustATrader.com refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from TrustATrader.com 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 5, Meadway Court, Rutherford Close, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2EF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When trustatrader.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01438 870097 is
- Who else gives the postcode SG1 2EF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Trust A Trader Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through A-Plan Holdings, 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
- 05489753 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 June 2005 (21 years old)
- Registered office
- 5 Meadway Court, Rutherford Close, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, SG1 2EF, England
- Nature of business
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- Advertising agencies (SIC 73110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Grant Mcewen | Director | Jul 1965 | 23 Jun 2005 | 2 other companies |
| Susan Kathryn Hill | Secretary | Not published | 30 Jul 2010 | – |
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
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 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
Net assets
−£207k
Up £1.48m from −£1.69m
Cash at bank
£2.08m
+229% from £634k
Employees (average)
34
+9.7% from 31
Owed within a year
£4.99m
−1.4% from £5.06m
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £207k more than it owned.
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 05489753. 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
TrustATrader.com’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
6 January 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Trust A Trader Ltd"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Trustatrader Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
27 June 2008
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2005
23 June 2005
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to TrustATrader.com
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with TrustATrader.com. 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 TrustATrader.com
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Stevenage
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, 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