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
541A Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, West Midlands, B10 0LL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When accidentdirectclaimsltd.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0121 771 4003 is
- Who else gives the postcode B10 0LL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- ADC Hire Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Claims management No FSCS coverMoney you pay a claims company is not FSCS protected, but FCA rules cap what it may charge you for a financial services claim. Complaints about this firm go to the Financial Ombudsman Service free of charge.
- 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
- 08171918 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 August 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- 541 Coventry Road, Small Heath, Birmingham, B10 0LL
- Nature of business
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- Non-life insurance (SIC 65120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abul Ahmed | Director | Oct 1981 | 8 Aug 2012 | 3 other companies |
| Abul Ahmed | Secretary | Not published | 8 Aug 2012 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 3
- closed down
- 3
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£12.1k
<1% from £12.0k
Cash at bank
£20.1k
−52% from £41.8k
Employees (average)
3
+50% from 2
Owed within a year
£55.6k
−22% from £71.6k
Net assets
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 08171918. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Accident Direct Claims’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
21 April 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2019
31 March 2019
- No longer regulated by the Claims Management Regulator
FCA register
2016
14 September 2016
- Abul Ahmed took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
29 July 2015
- Regulated by the Claims Management Regulator from this date
FCA register
2012
8 August 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
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- All 9 events in its history
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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