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
Unit 4, Bilton Road, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG4 0SB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When alfaautos.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07404 038239 is
- Who else gives the postcode SG4 0SB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- orient Autos ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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.
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- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- Providing Credit Information Services
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
- 12265465 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 October 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 4 Bilton Road, Hitchin, SG4 0SB, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shahid Ur Rehman Khan Niazi | Director | Sep 1972 | 16 Oct 2019 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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- other company
- 1
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
£58.6k
+106% from £28.5k
Employees (average)
5
Same as 5
Owed within a year
£130k
+198% from £43.8k
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 12265465. 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
Alfa Autos’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
20 November 2019
- Changed its registered name from "orient Autos ltd"
FCA register
30 October 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
16 October 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Shahid Ur Rehman Khan Niazi gained significant control
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms like Alfa Autos
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Hitchin
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 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