Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
Responsible principal firm
Car Benefit Loans Limited Reference number: 313849 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- Car Benefit Energy Finance Limited (FRN 408581) introduces customers to Car Benefit Loans Limited (FRN 313849). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Car Benefit Energy Finance.
- Example: if Car Benefit Energy Finance refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Car Benefit Energy Finance itself.
- 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
The Barracks, 400 Bolton Road, Bury, Greater Manchester, BL8 2DA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0370 751 9872 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode BL8 2DA
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Car Benefit Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Car Benefit Loans 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
- 04806915 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 June 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- The Barracks, 400 Bolton Road, Bury, Lancashire, BL8 2DA
- Nature of business
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- Dormant Company (SIC 99999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Dennis Studholme | Director | Dec 1949 | 20 Jun 2003 | 33 other companies |
| Neil Kevin Davies | Director | Aug 1964 | 20 Jun 2003 | 5 other companies |
| Martin Joseph Maguire | Director | May 1967 | 20 Jun 2003 | 6 other companies |
| Paul Stephen Taylor | Director | Jun 1975 | 22 Nov 2005 | 6 other companies |
| Paul Stephen Taylor | Secretary | Not published | 22 Nov 2005 | 6 other companies |
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
- 33
- closed down
- 17
- are FCA-registered
- 9
In the full report: all 33 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
- The 9 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 6 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Car Benefit Energy Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Car Benefit Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2005
14 January 2005
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2003
20 June 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Car Benefit Energy Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Car Benefit Energy Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 7
- share a director
- 7
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 7 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (7), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (6)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Car Benefit Energy Finance
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- 33 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 10 events in its history
- 7 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