Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2024
Responsible principal firm
PHOENIX FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED Reference number: 539195 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.
- Universal Trade Windows (FRN 946374) introduces customers to PHOENIX FINANCIAL CONSULTANTS LIMITED (FRN 539195). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Universal Trade Windows.
- Example: if Universal Trade Windows refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Universal Trade Windows itself.
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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
Unit 8, Spring Road Industrial Estate, Wolverhampton, West Midlands, WV4 6LF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07805 314642 is
- Who else gives the postcode WV4 6LF
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Phoenix Financial Consultants 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 name
- UNIVERSAL TRADE WINDOWS LIMITED
- Company number
- 10371088 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 September 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 8 Spring Road Industrial Estate, Ettingshall, Wolverhampton, WV4 6LF, England
- Nature of business
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- Other building completion and finishing (SIC 43390)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mudassar Mahmood | Director | Feb 1983 | 3 Apr 2017 | 4 other companies |
| Matthew Anthony Vaughan | Director | Apr 1990 | 22 May 2020 | 6 other companies |
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 companies
- 8
- closed down
- 4
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 8 companies, 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
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£54.1k
+9.7% from £49.4k
Cash at bank
£102k
Up £92.9k from £8,584
Owed within a year
£236k
+9.3% from £216k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2024
- 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 10371088. 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
Universal Trade Windows’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
1 April 2022
- Matthew Anthony Vaughan stopped being a part-owner
- Mudassar Mahmood stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2021
5 March 2021
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2020
22 May 2020
- Matthew Anthony Vaughan became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Steven Daniel Iacono gave up control
Companies House
2016
12 September 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Mudassar Mahmood became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Steven Daniel Iacono took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
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- All 12 events in its history
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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