Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 8 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2010
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2024
Responsible principal firm
The Small Car Company (southern) Limited Reference number: 666842 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- 1st Car Credit Limited (FRN 819993) is an AR of The Small Car Company (southern) Limited (FRN 666842). When you use 1st Car Credit's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from 1st Car Credit, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- 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.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
14 Whitebeam Close, Colden Common, Winchester, Hampshire, SO21 1AH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01962 715772 is
- Who else gives the postcode SO21 1AH
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through The Small Car Company (southern) 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 number
- 07434171 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 November 2010 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 14 Whitebeam Close, Colden Common, Winchester, SO21 1AH
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Edward Robinson | Director | Aug 1969 | 9 Nov 2010 | 5 other companies |
| Ivor Stallard | Director | Apr 1942 | 20 Nov 2018 | None |
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
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 5 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 one on the FCA register
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£26.2k
<1% from £26.3k
Cash at bank
£10.5k
+268% from £2,857
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£145k
+3.5% from £140k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07434171. 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
1st Car Credit’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
9 November 2018
- James Ian Middlemiss stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
1 September 2018
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
9 November 2016
- James Ian Middlemiss became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Michael Edward Robinson took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2010
9 November 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to 1st Car Credit
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with 1st Car Credit. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like 1st Car Credit
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Winchester
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 10 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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