Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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
10 Cressingham Road, Reading, Berkshire, RG2 7JE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0118 986 1212 is
- Who else gives the postcode RG2 7JE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Reading Bedding 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.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- 08152075 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 July 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Fiveways 57-59, Hatfield Road, Potters Bar, Hertfordshire, EN6 1HS
- Nature of business
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- Retail of furniture, lighting, and similar (not musical instruments or scores) in specialised store (SIC 47599)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Simon Fraser | Director | Jun 1974 | 20 Jun 2016 | 9 other companies |
| John Fraser | Secretary | Not published | 1 May 2019 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 9
- closed down
- 7
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 9 companies, 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
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£27.4k
+12% from £24.5k
Employees (average)
9
Same as 9
Owed within a year
£204k
−30% from £293k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2024
- 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 08152075. 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
Chf Retail’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
7 September 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
20 June 2016
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Mark Simon Fraser took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
19 June 2016
- Ruth Lesley Fraser gave up control
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Ruth Lesley Fraser took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
20 July 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
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- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk