Devon Car sales Ltd
Reference number: 1056145
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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 under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2025
- Its phone number is also given by a firm that is no longer authorised
Responsible principal firm
AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED Reference number: 497010 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.
- Devon Car sales Ltd (FRN 1056145) introduces customers to AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED (FRN 497010). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Devon Car sales.
- Example: if Devon Car sales refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Devon Car sales 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
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
Also given by a firm that is no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
Unit 4, 8 Marsh Green Road North, Marsh Barton Trading Estate, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8NY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When devoncarsales.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01392 494878 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode EX2 8NY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Automotive Compliance 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.
- Company number
- 16646018 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 August 2025 (1 year old)
- Registered office
- Unit 4 8 Marshgreen Road Exeter Devon Car Sales Ltd, Unit 4 8 Marshgreen Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2 8NY, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angela Gilbert | Director | Mar 1969 | 12 Aug 2025 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Key dates in its history
Devon Car sales’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
22 May 2026
- Became an introducer appointed representative
- Began trading as "Devon Car Sales"
FCA register
2025
12 August 2025
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Angela Gilbert took control (75–100% of shares)
- Angela Gilbert appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Devon Car sales
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Devon Car sales. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Devon Car sales
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Exeter
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 5 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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