Cortado Group Ltd
Reference number: 832556
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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
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Address
Unit 2, Montpelier Central, Station Road, Montpelier, Bristol, Bristol, City Of, BS6 5EE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
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- What kind of line 07487 626802 is
- Who else gives the postcode BS6 5EE
Other names (14)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Club Espresso Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Love Espresso Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Pro Espresso Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Rocket Espresso UK Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Barista Club Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Driver1 Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Drive Zero Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Fuel Machine Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Pro Espresso Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- The Cyclist Group Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Wow Home Store Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- BikeFlex Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Fuel Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Fuel Machine Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit · Hire out goods to consumers 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
- Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
- Exercising or having the right to exercise the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement
- Providing Credit Information Services
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
- 11732277 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 December 2018 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Oak Court, North Leigh Business Park, Oxfordshire, OX29 6SW, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (SIC 47910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Timothy James Hammond | Director | Dec 1967 | 18 Dec 2018 | 25 other companies |
| Russell Downing | Director | Aug 1978 | 13 Dec 2023 | 7 other companies |
| Jo Mckenzie Mylon Thompson | Director | Aug 1995 | 8 Sep 2026 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 26
- closed down
- 20
- run together
- 6
In the full report: all 26 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£107k
−27% from £147k
Cash at bank
£111k
−11% from £125k
Owed within a year
£211k
No earlier figure to compare
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11732277. 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
Cortado Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
8 September 2026
- Jo McKenzie Mylon Thompson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Russell Downing stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2024
27 June 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Fuel Machine Ltd"
FCA register
21 February 2024
- Changed its registered name from "The Cyclist Group Ltd"
FCA register
2023
4 December 2023
- Russell Downing became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
16 January 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Pro Espresso Ltd"
FCA register
2021
29 March 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Wow Home Store Ltd"
FCA register
2020
9 June 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Drive Zero Ltd"
FCA register
27 May 2020
- Kevin Bruce Smart stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2019
23 December 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Driver1 Ltd"
FCA register
14 February 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2018
18 December 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Kevin Bruce Smart became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Timothy James Hammond became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 33 events
- All 33 events in its history (15 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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- 26 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 33 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