Car Finance Scotland Limited
Reference number: 1048356
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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
142-144 Almada Street, Hamilton, South Lanarkshire, ML3 0EW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When css-autocentre.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07957 090937 is
- Who else gives the postcode ML3 0EW
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Car Sales Scotland Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- CSS Autocentre 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.
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- 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
- SC832254 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 December 2024 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- 57 Corsehill Crescent, Hamilton, ML3 8FD, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
- Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45320)
- Technical testing and analysis (SIC 71200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Andrew Sandilands | Director | Mar 1989 | 19 Dec 2024 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£1
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These accounts were filed as dormant: the company reported no significant trading in the period.
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 SC832254. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Car Finance Scotland’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
12 May 2026
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2024
19 December 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Stephen Andrew Sandilands took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Car Finance Scotland
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Car Finance Scotland. 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 Car Finance Scotland
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Hamilton
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 9 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