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.
- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2009
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Itc Compliance Limited Reference number: 313486 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.
- Aston Workshop Limited (FRN 603658) is an AR of Itc Compliance Limited (FRN 313486). When you use Aston Workshop's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Aston Workshop, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Gosling Hill, 1 red Row, Beamish Burn, Beamish, Co Durham, DH9 0RW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line +4401 is
- Who else gives the postcode DH9 0RW
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- The Car Barn Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Itc Compliance 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
- 07098945 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 December 2009 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Steven Fountain | Director | Dec 1954 | 11 Mar 2011 | 8 other companies |
| Fraser Fountain | Director | Mar 1996 | 25 Sep 2023 | 2 other companies |
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
- 8
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 8 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
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.92m
+5.4% from £2.77m
Cash at bank
£360k
−31% from £521k
Owed within a year
£2.86m
Up £2.72m from £137k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 07098945. 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
Aston Workshop’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
15 January 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2023
13 December 2023
- Fountain Holdings Beamish Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
9 December 2016
- Robert Steven Fountain gained significant control
Companies House
2011
11 March 2011
- Board replaced: both directors left and a new director took over
Companies House
2009
9 December 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
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In the Durham (DH) postcode area
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- All 16 events in its history
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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