Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2024
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
Responsible principal firm
Auto Finance Online Limited Reference number: 832181 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- Couplands (Worksop) Limited (FRN 1016816) introduces customers to Auto Finance Online Limited (FRN 832181). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Couplands (Worksop).
- Example: if Couplands (Worksop) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Couplands (Worksop) itself.
- 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
Tattershall Way, Fairfield Industrial Estate, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0YZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01507 603496 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode LN11 0YZ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Auto Finance Online 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 15546794 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 March 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Couplands Caravans Tattershall Way, Fairfield Industrial Estate, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11 0YZ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Martin Bonner | Director | Jan 1987 | 7 Mar 2024 | 3 other companies |
| Helen Louise Bonner | Director | Mar 1983 | 7 Mar 2024 | None |
| David Johnathan Storey | Director | Aug 1977 | 7 Mar 2024 | 3 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
- 6
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 6 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 2 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
Key dates in its history
Couplands (Worksop)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
27 July 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
7 March 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Gha Investments Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 6 events
- All 6 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Couplands (Worksop)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Couplands (Worksop). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 2
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Couplands (Worksop)
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Louth
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 6 events in its history
- 4 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