Decora Limited
Reference number: 810443
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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 23 July 2026.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
diydecora.com
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Last known phone number
01343 542218
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Last known address
Lossiebank Mills, Bridge Street, Elgin, Moray, IV30 4DE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When diydecora.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01343 542218 is
- Who else gives the postcode IV30 4DE
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
- SC080155 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 September 1982 (44 years old)
- Registered office
- Bruceland House, Elgin, Morayshire, IV30 1YE
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of hardware, paints and glass in specialised stores (SIC 47520)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren Thomas Mcwhirter | Director | Mar 1971 | 1 May 1995 | 1 other company |
| Alfreda Mcwhirter | Director | Apr 1944 | Not published | None |
| Thomas Mcwhirter | Director | Nov 1944 | Not published | None |
| Alfreda Mcwhirter | Secretary | Not published | Not published | None |
Other companies run by these 3 directors
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- other company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£4.97m
+1.4% from £4.89m
Profit before tax
£322k
+77% from £182k
Net assets
£9.42m
+2.5% from £9.19m
Cash at bank
£3.58m
−8.2% from £3.90m
Turnover and profit
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 SC080155. 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
Decora’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
23 July 2026
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Stopped being authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2018
3 September 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
30 August 2018
- Changed its registered name from "Decora Limited"
FCA register
2017
31 December 2017
- Darren Thomas McWhirter gained significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Alfreda McWhirter gained significant control
- Thomas McWhirter gained significant control
Companies House
1995
1 May 1995
- Darren Thomas McWhirter appointed as a director
Companies House
1982
27 September 1982
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms like Decora
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Elgin
In the Inverness (IV) postcode area
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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