Smiths News Trading Limited
Reference number: 473353
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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.
Responsible principal firm
The Nfrn Mutual Limited Reference number: 312391 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.
- Smiths News Trading Limited (FRN 473353) introduces customers to The Nfrn Mutual Limited (FRN 312391). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Smiths News Trading.
- Example: if Smiths News Trading refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Smiths News Trading 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.
Identity
Check their details
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.
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Verified address
Rowan House, Cherry Orchard North, Kembrey Park, Swindon, SN2 8UH, United Kingdom
- Instore Field Marketing
- Smiths News
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 00237811
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 March 1929 (97 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Non-specialised wholesale trade (SIC 46900)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Michael Bunting | Director | Feb 1972 | 1 Sep 2010 |
| Richard Henry Arden Clay | Director | Feb 1977 | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Stuart Steven Marriner | Secretary | Not published | 1 Sep 2011 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through The Nfrn Mutual 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: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds 2 earlier registered names for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- Connect Group Plc
- Smiths News Plc
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired one trading name. If you were contacted under one of these, the name did belong to this firm, but check the current details above before going ahead.
Show the retired name
- WH Smith
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