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
Armstrong Nationwide Ltd, 58 Durham Road, Birtley, Chester Le Street, Gateshead, DH3 2QJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When 360funding.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0191 605 3888 is
- Who else gives the postcode DH3 2QJ
Other names (17)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- 360 Funding Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Armstrongs Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Business Funders Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- 360 Creative Ventures Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- drive360 Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- drive360.today Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- idriive360 Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- idrive Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- idrive360 Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- ineedcarcredit.co.uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- iwantcarcredit.com Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Magic Car Credit Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- magiccarcredit.com Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- magiccarcredit.co.uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- The Car Credit Shop Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- thecarcreditshop.com Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- WF Financial Solutions NE 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 (6 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt Administration
- Debt-collecting
- 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
- 03919924 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 February 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- 58 Durham Road, Birtley, Chester Le Street, DH3 2QJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Activities of collection agencies (SIC 82911)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Armstrong | Director | Oct 1972 | 31 Jan 2011 | 1 other company |
| Stephen Andrew Barber | Director | May 1970 | 4 Aug 2014 | 2 other companies |
| Beverly Armstrong | Secretary | Not published | 4 Feb 2000 | 1 other company |
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
- 3
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 3 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 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£901k
+39% from £646k
Cash at bank
£158k
<1% from £159k
Employees (average)
3
+50% from 2
Owed within a year
£64.5k
+30% from £49.5k
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03919924. 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
Armstrong Nationwide’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
7 April 2016
- Beverly Jane Armstrong took control (25–50% of shares)
- Stephen Andrew Barber became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
30 September 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2000
4 February 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 45 events
- All 45 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Armstrong Nationwide
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Armstrong Nationwide. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Armstrong Nationwide
Other firms of the same type (debt collector), nearest first.
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 45 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk