Authorised, but in an insolvency process
This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.
- No FCA actions
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2022
- Company: in liquidation
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
What the FCA says
ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process
This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).
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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No website on the FCA register
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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
c/o Stella Davis, of Opus Business Advisory Group, 322 High Holborn, London, WC1V 7PB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode WC1V 7PB
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in liquidation, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 07407395 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 October 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Insolvency One Albion Mills Business Centre, Greengates, Bradford, BD10 9TQ
- Nature of business
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- Private security activities (SIC 80100)
- Security systems service activities (SIC 80200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Anthony Preston | Director | Nov 1983 | 14 Oct 2010 | 5 other companies |
| Steven David Sharrard | Director | Dec 1982 | 2 Apr 2014 | 3 other companies |
| Lauren Aujla | Secretary | Not published | 24 Feb 2014 | – |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 7
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 7 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£180k
−20% from £225k
Cash at bank
£6,235
−81% from £32.7k
Employees (average)
11
−15% from 13
Owed within a year
£322k
+46% from £220k
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07407395. 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
Bulldog Security’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
15 June 2017
- Joseph Anthony Preston took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
14 June 2017
- Joseph Anthony Sharrard no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
14 October 2016
- Joseph Anthony Sharrard gained significant control
Companies House
15 January 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2010
14 October 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Bulldog Security
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bulldog Security. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Bulldog Security
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 events in its history
- 5 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
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