Dakar Cars Limited
Reference number: 649510
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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 3 September 2026.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
dakar.co.uk
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Last known phone number
01322 614044
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Last known address
Dakar Cars Ltd, Stanhill Farm, Birchwood Road, Dartford, Kent, DA2 7HD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When dakar.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01322 614044 is
- Who else gives the postcode DA2 7HD
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.
- Company number
- 02571651 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 January 1991 (35 years old)
- Registered office
- A4g Suite Nepicar House, London Road, Wrotham Heath, Kent, TN15 7RS, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry Chantler | Director | Mar 1961 | Not published | None |
| Linda Jane Chantler | Director | Dec 1960 | Not published | None |
| Linda Jane Chantler | Secretary | Not published | Not published | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£473k
+2.9% from £460k
Cash at bank
£183k
−17% from £221k
Employees (average)
9
+13% from 8
Owed within a year
£86.9k
−14% from £101k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 02571651. 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
Dakar Cars’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
3 September 2026
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Stopped being authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Barry Chantler became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Linda Jane Chantler became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
23 January 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2014
20 March 2014
- Christina Anna Barnett resigned as a director
Companies House
2010
6 April 2010
- Christina Anna Barnett appointed as a director
Companies House
1991
4 January 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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In Dartford
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- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk