Arnold Clark Finance Limited
Reference number: 741899
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
Responsible principal firm
Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited Reference number: 308092 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Arnold Clark Finance Limited (FRN 741899) is an AR of Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited (FRN 308092). When you use Arnold Clark Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Arnold Clark Finance, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
454 Hillington Road, Hillington Park, Glasgow, Renfrewshire, G52 4FH, Scotland
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When arnoldclark.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0141 648 1200 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode G52 4FH
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- SC039597 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 December 1963 (62 years old)
- Registered office
- 454 Hillington Road, Glasgow, G52 4FH, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 77110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Edward Hawthorne | Director | Dec 1966 | 1 Aug 1998 | 50 other companies |
| David Martin Cooper | Director | Jan 1973 | 2 Apr 2004 | 4 other companies |
| Alan Harry David Howieson | Director | Dec 1981 | 30 Aug 2021 | None |
| Stuart Kenneth Thorpe | Secretary | Not published | 19 Nov 2013 | – |
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
- 51
- closed down
- 39
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 51 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 2 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Arnold Clark Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
1 December 2021
- Arnold Clark Automobiles Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Philomena Butler Clark no longer has significant control
Companies House
2017
10 April 2017
- John Arnold Clark no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
1 July 2016
- John Arnold Clark gained significant control
- Philomena Butler Clark gained significant control
Companies House
29 March 2016
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1963
3 December 1963
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to Arnold Clark Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Arnold Clark Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Arnold Clark Finance
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Glasgow
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- 51 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 16 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