Zip Heaters (UK) Limited

Reference number: 955864

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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.

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

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.

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
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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 firm
    Protection 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, 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 name
ZIP HEATERS (UK) LTD
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
  • 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
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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
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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
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 48 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Zip Heaters (UK) Limited FCA authorised?
Zip Heaters (UK) Limited (FRN 955864) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Zip Heaters (UK)?
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.
What is Zip Heaters (UK)’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0345 600 5005 and the website zipwater.co.uk for Zip Heaters (UK). If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Zip Heaters (UK) a scam or clone?
Zip Heaters (UK) 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 Zip Heaters (UK)?
Protection works through Culligan Water Limited, the principal firm responsible for Zip Heaters (UK)'s regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Zip Heaters (UK)?
Zip Heaters (UK) is owned by Ai Aqua Zip UK Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, since 9 January 2018.
Who runs Zip Heaters (UK)?
Companies House lists 4 directors of Zip Heaters (UK): Stephen Paul Dolahenty, Thomas James Askew, Michael Richard Abbott and Reyaan Edward Shepherd.
How long has Zip Heaters (UK) been in business?
The company was formed on 24 September 1991.
Does Zip Heaters (UK) use any other names?
It trades as Zip Water.

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