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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Smiths Honda, Whitchurch Road, Christleton, Chester, Cheshire West And Chester, CH3 6AE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01244 323845 is
- Who else gives the postcode CH3 6AE
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.
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- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
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Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 00777008 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 October 1963 (63 years old)
- Registered office
- 97 Alderley Road, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 1PT, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale, maintenance and repair of motorcycles and related parts and accessories (SIC 45400)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karen Lesley Smith | Director | Dec 1967 | 6 Apr 1995 | 4 other companies |
| Ann Smith | Director | Jan 1944 | Not published | None |
| Ann Smith | Secretary | Not published | Not published | None |
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
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 2
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 2 on the FCA register
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.31m
<1% from £2.30m
Cash at bank
£1,726
−3.7% from £1,793
Owed within a year
£843k
+21% from £694k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 00777008. 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
Bill Smith Motors’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
16 April 2016
- Karen Lesley Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Mark William Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
3 February 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1963
11 October 1963
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Bill Smith Motors
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bill Smith Motors. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Bill Smith Motors
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Chester
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, 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