Ability Handling Limited
Reference number: 1014123
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1992
- Accounts filed up to 3 May 2024
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- Its whole board of directors changed in May 2024
Responsible principal firm
APROLIS UK LIMITED Reference number: 697808 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.
- Ability Handling Limited (FRN 1014123) introduces customers to APROLIS UK LIMITED (FRN 697808). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Ability Handling.
- Example: if Ability Handling refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Ability Handling itself.
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Ability Handling Ltd, Houghton Road, North Anston Trading Estate, North Anston, Sheffield, Rotherham, S25 4JJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When abilityhandling.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01742 562562 is
- Who else gives the postcode S25 4JJ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Aprolis UK 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 02704509 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 April 1992 (34 years old)
- Registered office
- Sheets Stores Industrial Estate Field Farm Road, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 1AU, England
- Nature of business
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- Repair of machinery (SIC 33120)
- Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft (SIC 46140)
- Wholesale of other machinery and equipment (SIC 46690)
- Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods not elsewhere classified (SIC 77390)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Steven John Shakespeare | Director | Apr 1973 | 3 May 2024 | 13 other companies |
| Jocelyn Morris | Director | Jul 1976 | 4 Nov 2024 | 5 other companies |
| ROLLITS COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 3 May 2024 | – |
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
- 14
- closed down
- 2
- are FCA-registered
- 5
In the full report: all 14 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 5 on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£2.40m
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Profit before tax
£588k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
£2.27m
+6.5% from £2.13m
Cash at bank
£1.74m
+248% from £499k
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
The previous accounts cover 12 months, so turnover and profit are not compared with them.
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 02704509. 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
Ability Handling’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
14 May 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
3 May 2024
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Ghl Liftrucks Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Roger James Hardman gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Roger James Hardman took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1992
7 April 1992
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Ability Handling
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ability Handling. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Ability Handling
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Sheffield
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 events in its history
- 5 connected firms, 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