Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Culligan Water Limited Reference number: 621812 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.
- Zip Heaters (UK) Limited (FRN 955864) introduces customers to Culligan Water Limited (FRN 621812). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Zip Heaters (UK).
- Example: if Zip Heaters (UK) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Zip Heaters (UK) 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
Trafalgar Business Park, Rashs Green, Dereham, NR19 1JG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When zipwater.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0345 600 5005 is
- Who else gives the postcode NR19 1JG
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Zip Water Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Culligan Water 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
- ZIP HEATERS (UK) LTD
- Company number
- 02649782 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 September 1991 (35 years old)
- Registered office
- One Forbury Square, The Forbury, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 3BB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other manufacturing not elsewhere classified (SIC 32990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Paul Dolahenty | Director | Apr 1970 | 24 Oct 2014 | 3 other companies |
| Thomas James Askew | Director | Jan 1984 | 7 Mar 2025 | 1 other company |
| Michael Richard Abbott | Director | Aug 1967 | 29 Aug 2025 | 1 other company |
| Reyaan Edward Shepherd | Director | Aug 1989 | 18 Dec 2025 | 9 other companies |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 12
- closed down
- 2
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 12 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 4 directors run together
- All 24 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Zip Heaters (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
30 July 2021
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2018
9 January 2018
- Ai Aqua Zip UK Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1991
24 September 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 48 events
- All 48 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 44
Firms like Zip Heaters (UK)
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Dereham
In the Norwich (NR) postcode area
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- 12 other companies its directors have run, named
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- All 48 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