Advance Enterprises (Automation) Limited

Reference number: 788778

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Authorisation being cancelled, but in an insolvency process

This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.

What the FCA says

ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process

This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).

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.

  • No website on the FCA register

  • No phone number on the FCA register

  • Address

    VINCENT SIMMONS, BV Corporate Recovery & Insolvency Services Limited, 7 ST PETERSGATE, Stockport, SK1 1EB, United Kingdom

In the full report: 1 background check

  • Who else gives the postcode SK1 1EB
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Other names (3)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Advance Cutting Automation Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Advance Sewing Automation Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • AE Sewing Machines Trading name: A name it trades under now.

Past FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • In an insolvency process
    Money the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
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  • Credit Broking
  • Debt Adjusting
  • Debt-counselling

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

  • Companies House records this company in liquidation.
  • This company has insolvency history on record.
Company status
Liquidation
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
21 June 2010 (16 years old)
Registered office
7 St. Petersgate, Stockport, SK1 1EB
Nature of business
  • Wholesale of machinery for the textile industry and of sewing and knitting machines (SIC 46640)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Fay Gerrard Director Sep 1971 27 Sep 2013 1 other company
John Henry Gerrard Director Jul 1966 30 Sep 2019 1 other company
Rhys Thomas Gerrard Director Jun 1993 30 Sep 2020 None

Other companies run by these 3 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
2
closed down
1
still active
1

In the full report: all 2 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Key dates in its history

Advance Enterprises (Automation)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2017

20 October 2017

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • Applied to cancel its FCA authorisation

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

  • Fay Gerrard became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • John Henry Gerrard became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2013

27 September 2013

  • Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over

Companies House

2010

21 June 2010

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 20 events

  • All 20 events in its history (6 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 9
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Firms connected to Advance Enterprises (Automation)

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Advance Enterprises (Automation). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
3
share its postcode
3

In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like Advance Enterprises (Automation)

Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.

In Stockport

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  • 2 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 1 background check on its contact details
  • All 20 events in its history
  • 3 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Advance Enterprises (Automation) Limited FCA authorised?
Advance Enterprises (Automation) Limited (FRN 788778) is on the FCA register, but its authorisation is changing (authorisation being cancelled). Check the register before dealing with it.
Is Advance Enterprises (Automation) a scam or clone?
Advance Enterprises (Automation) is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Advance Enterprises (Automation)?
Advance Enterprises (Automation) is under the control of insolvency practitioners, so money it held is returned through the appointed office holders rather than by the firm. That takes time and can fall short. Where money is missing, the FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can still consider a complaint.
Who owns Advance Enterprises (Automation)?
Companies House lists 2 people with significant control of Advance Enterprises (Automation): Mrs Fay Gerrard (25–50% of shares) and Mr John Henry Gerrard (25–50% of shares).
Who runs Advance Enterprises (Automation)?
Companies House lists 3 directors of Advance Enterprises (Automation): Fay Gerrard, John Henry Gerrard and Rhys Thomas Gerrard.
How long has Advance Enterprises (Automation) been in business?
The company was formed on 21 June 2010. Companies House now lists it as liquidation.
Does Advance Enterprises (Automation) use any other names?
It trades as Advance Cutting Automation, Advance Sewing Automation and AE Sewing Machines.

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