Cars Hunt Ltd
Reference number: 724482
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No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 15 September 2026.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
CARSHUNT.CO.UK
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Last known phone number
01708 740111
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Last known address
137-143 London Road, Romford, RM7 9QH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When carshunt.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01708 740111 is
- Who else gives the postcode RM7 9QH
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 08487048 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 April 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- Hunter House 109 Snakes Lane West, Woodford Green, Essex, IG8 0DY
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Imran Latif | Director | Oct 1979 | 12 Apr 2013 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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- other company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£137k
−175% from £181k
Cash at bank
£16.7k
+127% from £7,359
Employees (average)
3
Same as 3
Owed within a year
£507k
+3.9% from £488k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £137k 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 08487048. 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
Cars Hunt’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
15 September 2026
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Stopped being authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2025
10 June 2025
- Began trading as "CARS HUNT"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Imran Latif took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
26 November 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2013
12 April 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Imran Latif appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like Cars Hunt
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In Romford
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 7 events in its history
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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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