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
Adams & Sons Ltd, Glaston Road, Morcott, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 9DL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When adamsandsons.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01572 747215 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE15 9DL
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.
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- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- 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
- 02192859 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 November 1987 (38 years old)
- Registered office
- The Garage, Morcott, Oakham, Rutland, LE15 9DL
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores (SIC 47300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Verney Graham James Wood | Director | Aug 1974 | 1 Apr 1999 | None |
| Owen Tate | Director | Jan 1989 | 1 Dec 2023 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 5 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.24m
+9.1% from £2.06m
Cash at bank
£326k
+4.9% from £311k
Employees (average)
26
+13% from 23
Owed within a year
£431k
−7.2% from £465k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 02192859. 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
Adams & Sons’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
14 October 2020
- Verney Owen Wood stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Verney Graham James Wood took control (75–100% of shares)
- Verney Owen Wood became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
8 May 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1987
12 November 1987
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms like Adams & Sons
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Oakham
In the Leicester (LE) postcode area
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- All 14 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