Big Bear Hire Ltd
Reference number: 719096
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No longer an appointed representative
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Registration ended 2 October 2015.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
bigbearoutdoor.co.uk
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Last known phone number
0333 322 4455
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Last known address
Unit 4, Oundle Marina, Barnwell Road, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 5PA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bigbearoutdoor.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 322 4455 is
- Who else gives the postcode PE8 5PA
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 09560505 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 April 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- Big Bear Trailers, Shop 5 Oundle Marina Barnwell Road, Oundle, Peterborough, Northamptonshire, PE8 5PB, England
- Nature of business
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- Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45320)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arwel Rees Davies | Director | Oct 1962 | 14 Mar 2025 | None |
| Guto Rees Davies | Director | Apr 1994 | 14 Mar 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Iestyn Rowland Davies | Director | Apr 1997 | 14 Mar 2025 | None |
| Ifan Elfed Davies | Director | Apr 1997 | 14 Mar 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£91.7k
+21% from £75.6k
Cash at bank
£3,075
−55% from £6,820
Employees (average)
3
+50% from 2
Owed within a year
£175k
−27% from £239k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09560505. 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
Big Bear Hire’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
15 March 2025
- Ian Charles Simpson stopped being a part-owner
- Katherine Simpson stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
14 March 2025
- Board replaced: both directors left and 4 new directors took over
- Cheval Liberte UK Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2023
25 April 2023
- Katherine Simpson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Ian Charles Simpson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
2 October 2015
- Stopped being an appointed representative
FCA register
24 April 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms like Big Bear Hire
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In the Peterborough (PE) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- 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
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