Car and Classic Limited
Reference number: 928421
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2005
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2019
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Motiv Finance Limited Reference number: 827288 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Car and Classic Limited (FRN 928421) is an AR of Motiv Finance Limited (FRN 827288). When you use Car and Classic's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Car and Classic, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
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
167-169 Great Portland Street, London, Westminster, W1W 5PF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When carandclassic.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07825 815092 is
- Whether W1W 5PF is a shared office: 133 other firms give it
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Motiv Finance Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 05599884 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 October 2005 (21 years old)
- Registered office
- 167-169 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 5PF, England
- Nature of business
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- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Ryan Wood | Director | Aug 1983 | 31 Aug 2018 | 2 other companies |
| Christopher Varin | Director | Aug 1987 | 11 Nov 2019 | 1 other company |
| Anthony Robert Worton | Director | Feb 1986 | 17 Sep 2024 | None |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 3
- still active
- 3
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£360k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£208k
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Employees (average)
9
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Owed within a year
£21.5k
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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 05599884. 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
Car and Classic’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
24 June 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2018
1 September 2018
- Thomas Ryan Wood gained significant control
- Tony Robert Ingram no longer has significant control
Companies House
31 August 2018
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Tony Robert Ingram gained significant control
Companies House
2005
21 October 2005
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Car and Classic
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Car and Classic. 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 Car and Classic
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In London
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 13 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