Authorised, 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.
- No FCA actions
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2021
- Company: in administration
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Mark Thornton of BDO LLP, Water Court, Ground Floor, Suite B, 116-118 Canal Street, Nottingham, NG1 7HF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0151 237 2526 is
- Who else gives the postcode NG1 7HF
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney 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.
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in administration, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company name
- VOVOS REALISATIONS 2026 LIMITED
- Company number
- 05146091 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Administration
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 June 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Bdo Llp 5 Temple Square, Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH
- Nature of business
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- Manufacture of luggage, handbags and the like, saddlery and harness (SIC 15120)
- Manufacture of bicycles and invalid carriages (SIC 30920)
- Retail sale of sports goods, fishing gear, camping goods, boats and bicycles (SIC 47640)
- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (SIC 47910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Ioan Smith | Director | Feb 1970 | 10 Jun 2004 | 1 other company |
| Colin Alexander Stocker | Director | Oct 1975 | 19 Jun 2004 | None |
| Kenneth Philip Stocker | Director | Jun 1973 | 19 Jun 2004 | None |
| David Charles Hanney | Director | May 1968 | 24 Nov 2014 | 12 other companies |
| Leigh Antony Cannon | Director | Aug 1975 | 15 May 2023 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 15
- closed down
- 10
- still active
- 5
In the full report: all 15 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.88m
+3.7% from £1.81m
Cash at bank
£1.11m
−32% from £1.62m
Employees (average)
105
Up 97 from 8
Owed within a year
£3.46m
+48% from £2.33m
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
Assets and liabilities
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 05146091. 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
Alpkit’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
14 December 2022
- Nicholas Ioan Smith stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
31 October 2018
- Nicholas Ioan Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
17 October 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
6 April 2016
- David Charles Hanney became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2004
4 June 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 25 events
- All 25 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 17
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Sources and links
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- Its Companies House record gov.uk
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