Appointed representative
Aspi Specialist Cars does not hold FCA authorisation of their own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for their regulated business.
Responsible principal firm
The Compliance Guys Ltd Reference number: 941360 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.
- Aspi Specialist Cars (FRN 406230) is an AR of The Compliance Guys Ltd (FRN 941360). When you use Aspi Specialist Cars's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Aspi Specialist Cars, 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
Aspi Specialist Cars, Warwick Road, Black Hill, Stratford-Upon-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37 0PZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When aspicars.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07907 830043 is
- Who else gives the postcode CV37 0PZ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Apsi Specialist Cars Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Aspi Cars Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through The Compliance Guys Ltd, 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.
Key dates in its history
Aspi Specialist Cars’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
16 July 2024
- Began trading as "Apsi Specialist Cars"
- Began trading as "Aspi Cars"
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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In Stratford-Upon-Avon
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk