Cars of Grimsby Ltd
Reference number: 1061985
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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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2012
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2022
Responsible principal firm
Automotive Compliance Limited Reference number: 497010 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.
- CARS OF GRIMSBY LTD (FRN 1061985) is an AR of Automotive Compliance Limited (FRN 497010). When you use CARS OF GRIMSBY's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from CARS OF GRIMSBY, 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
Unit 2, Estate Road 8, South Humberside Industrial Estate, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 2TG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When cars-grimsby.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01472 453622 is
- Who else gives the postcode DN31 2TG
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Select Vehicle Sales Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Automotive Compliance 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
- 08136911 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 July 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 25, Estate Road 8 South Humberside Industrial Estate, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 2TG, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jason Kevin Barker | Director | May 1971 | 10 Jul 2012 | 5 other companies |
| Lisa Michelle Barker | Director | Mar 1974 | 3 Jul 2014 | 1 other company |
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
- 5
- closed down
- 5
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 5 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£157k
+57% from £100k
Cash at bank
£126k
+790% from £14.1k
Employees (average)
11
+83% from 6
Owed within a year
£391k
+12% from £348k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2022
- 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 08136911. 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 of Grimsby’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
15 September 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Jason Kevin Barker became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Lisa Michelle Barker became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2012
10 July 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Cars of Grimsby
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Cars of Grimsby. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Cars of Grimsby
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Grimsby
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 events in its history
- 2 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