Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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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Phone number
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Address
Brookside House, Tunstall Road, Knypersley, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffordshire, ST8 7PZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When brooksidecars.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07816 987280 is
- Who else gives the postcode ST8 7PZ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Brookside Cars Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Brookside Motors 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
- 16396525 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 April 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- Brookside House Tunstall Road, Knypersley, Stoke-On-Trent, ST8 7PZ, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akbar Shah | Director | Apr 1980 | 19 Apr 2025 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Key dates in its history
Brookside Carsales’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
28 November 2025
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
19 April 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Akbar Shah took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Brookside Carsales
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Brookside Carsales. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Brookside Carsales
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Stoke-On-Trent
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 10 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