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 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2018
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £134k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
AFL (FLEET MANAGEMENT) LTD Reference number: 664440 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 Leasing Made Simple Limited (FRN 1030129) is an AR of AFL (FLEET MANAGEMENT) LTD (FRN 664440). When you use Car Leasing Made Simple's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Car Leasing Made Simple, 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
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
The Porter Building, 4th Floor, Brunel Way, Slough, Slough, SL1 1FQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01753 878430 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SL1 1FQ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Afl (Fleet Management) Ltd, 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
- 11736224 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 December 2018 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- The Porter Building 4th Floor, 1 Brunel Way, Slough, SL1 1FQ, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Teresa Daphne Fagan | Director | May 1948 | 20 Jan 2019 | 6 other companies |
| Patrick James Fagan | Director | Sep 1981 | 6 Jan 2025 | None |
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
- 6
- closed down
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 6 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 one on the FCA register
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£134k
Down £65.9k from −£68.3k
Employees (average)
2
+100% from 1
Owed within a year
£216k
+195% from £73.4k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £134k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 11736224. 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 Leasing Made Simple’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
22 April 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2020
25 March 2020
- Jay-Anne Dingwall stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
28 January 2020
- Jay-Anne Dingwall became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2019
20 January 2019
- Afl (Fleet Management) Limited stopped being a part-owner
- Mary Teresa Daphne Fagan took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2018
20 December 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Afl (Fleet Management) Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Car Leasing Made Simple
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Car Leasing Made Simple. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Car Leasing Made Simple
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Slough
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk