Alto Handling Limited
Reference number: 665753
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No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 6 February 2015.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
altohandling.co.uk
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Last known phone number
0117 969 4141
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Last known address
Gloucester Road, Patchway, Bristol, Bristol, BS34 5BB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When altohandling.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0117 969 4141 is
- Who else gives the postcode BS34 5BB
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bristol Forklifts Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- BRISTOL FORKLIFTS LTD Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
Show FCA detail (4 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- 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
- 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
- 04413507 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 April 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 8, Westgate Park Industrial Estate Tintagel Way, Aldridge, Walsall, West Midlands, WS9 8ER, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Wholesale of other machinery and equipment (SIC 46690)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey Robert William Martin | Director | Sep 1959 | 1 May 2018 | 13 other companies |
| Rachel Helen Martin | Director | Aug 1964 | 1 May 2018 | 1 other company |
| Michael Leonard Jones | Director | Jun 1966 | 1 May 2018 | 8 other companies |
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
- 18
- closed down
- 5
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 18 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
- The one on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.81m
+12% from £2.50m
Cash at bank
£621k
+311% from £151k
Employees (average)
34
+9.7% from 31
Owed within a year
£1.37m
+2.4% from £1.34m
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 04413507. 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
Alto Handling’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
30 October 2025
- Jofson Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Mirage Operations Limited gave up control
Companies House
2022
18 March 2022
- Mirage Operations Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Rdd Enterprises Limited gave up control
- Rdd Enterprises Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Red Diamond Distribution Limited gave up control
Companies House
2020
12 June 2020
- Changed its registered name from "BRISTOL FORKLIFTS LTD"
FCA register
2018
1 May 2018
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
- Ian Charles Mounce stopped being a part-owner
- Julian Peter Bronson stopped being the majority owner
- Red Diamond Distribution Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Ian Charles Mounce became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Julian Peter Bronson became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2015
6 February 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Stopped being authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2002
10 April 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 28 events
- All 28 events in its history (16 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to Alto Handling
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Alto Handling. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Alto Handling
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Bristol
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- 18 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 28 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk