Ableworld (UK) Limited
Reference number: 712197
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Ableworld (UK) Ltd, Alpha Building, London Road, Stapeley, Nantwich, Cheshire East, CW5 7JW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When ableworld.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01270 627111 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode CW5 7JW
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Ableworld Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit · Hire out goods to consumers No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
- Exercising or having the right to exercise the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement
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
- 04048285 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 August 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- Stapeley Technology Park, London Road, Stapeley, Cheshire, CW5 7JW
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) (SIC 47789)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael James Williams | Director | Apr 1951 | 7 Aug 2000 | 9 other companies |
| Neil Derek Cox | Director | Oct 1970 | 1 Nov 2013 | 15 other companies |
| Tonya Louise Page | Director | Apr 1974 | 1 Feb 2022 | 2 other companies |
| Kenneth Edward Deary | Director | Sep 1956 | 1 Mar 2022 | 25 other companies |
| Anthony Leavy | Director | Jul 1965 | 1 Oct 2022 | 2 other companies |
| Neil Derek Cox | Secretary | Not published | 1 Nov 2013 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 42
- closed down
- 22
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 42 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 5 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£22.9m
+2.4% from £22.4m
Profit before tax
£336k
+368% from £71.8k
Net assets
£2.08m
+29% from £1.62m
Cash at bank
£395k
−19% from £491k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- Both charts, 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 04048285. 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
Ableworld (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
28 February 2025
- Ableworld Holdings (UK) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Michael James Williams gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 May 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Michael James Williams took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2000
7 August 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to Ableworld (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ableworld (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 3
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Ableworld (UK)
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Nantwich
In the Crewe (CW) postcode area
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- 42 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 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