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
Icknield Garage, Icknield Way, Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire, SG6 4AD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When azautos.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01462 438999 is
- Who else gives the postcode SG6 4AD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- AZ Autos Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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 (3 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
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
- 07554380 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 March 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 7-8 Portmill Lane, Hitchin, Hertfordshire, SG5 1DJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Charles Alvarez | Director | Feb 1984 | 7 Mar 2011 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£230
Up £3 from £227
Cash at bank
£1,568
−94% from £26.8k
Employees (average)
5
Same as 5
Owed within a year
£73.7k
<1% from £73.5k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2022
- 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 07554380. 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
AZ Automobiles’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
22 July 2026
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2020
7 April 2020
- Alexandra May Alvarez became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
6 April 2020
- Alexandra Alvarez became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Alexandra Alvarez stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2019
10 December 2019
- Richard Charles Alvarez stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- David Charles Alvarez became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Richard Charles Alvarez became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2011
7 March 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 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