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
Basil Knipe Electrics Ltd, 41 Ballymena Road, Ballymoney, Northern Ireland, BT53 7EX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When basilknipe.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 028 2764 9222 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT53 7EX
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 (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- NI070354 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 September 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- 41 Ballymena Road, Ballymoney, BT53 7EX, Northern Ireland
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores (SIC 47540)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Basil Knipe | Director | Apr 1965 | 3 Sep 2008 | 4 other companies |
| Lorna Knipe | Director | Apr 1967 | 3 Sep 2008 | 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
- 4
- still active
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 4 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 one on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£637k
−8% from £693k
Net assets
£7.36m
+5.2% from £7.00m
Cash at bank
£3.63m
+9.7% from £3.31m
Owed within a year
£1.67m
+19% from £1.40m
The accounts for the year to 30 September 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £11.6m, for the year to 30 September 2022.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- Both charts, 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 NI070354. 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
Basil Knipe Electrics’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
30 June 2021
- Ajrm Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Basil Knipe stopped being a part-owner
- Lorna Knipe stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Basil Knipe became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Lorna Knipe became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
23 April 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2008
3 September 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms connected to Basil Knipe Electrics
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Basil Knipe Electrics. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Basil Knipe Electrics
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Ballymoney
In the Belfast (BT) postcode area
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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