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
Commerce Way, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8HH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When solarhome.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01206 878599 is
- Who else gives the postcode CO2 8HH
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- SOLARhome Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Smart Insulations Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Smart Insulations Foam Spray Insulation Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit 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 (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- 06537439 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 March 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit F Commerce Way, Whitehall, Colchester, Essex, CO2 8HH
- Nature of business
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- Roofing activities (SIC 43910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Allan Travis Berry | Director | May 1955 | 18 Mar 2008 | 8 other companies |
| Neil Griffiths | Director | Jul 1980 | 17 Jun 2019 | 1 other company |
| Allan Travis Berry | Secretary | Not published | 18 Mar 2008 | 8 other companies |
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
- 9
- closed down
- 8
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 9 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
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Employees (average)
15
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£477k
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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 06537439. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Affordable Energy’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
25 October 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
21 February 2019
- Allan Travis Berry gave up control
- Bezza Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Allan Travis Berry took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
18 March 2008
- 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: 6
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 20 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