Drive-in Service Centre Limited

Reference number: 1030643

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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.

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.
  • DRIVE-IN SERVICE CENTRE LIMITED (FRN 1030643) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not DRIVE-IN SERVICE CENTRE.
  • Example: if DRIVE-IN SERVICE CENTRE refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from DRIVE-IN SERVICE CENTRE 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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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When mot-bradford.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01274 596829 is
  • Who else gives the postcode BD18 3SA
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FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Ideal Sales Solutions Ltd, 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, free
    You 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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
17 November 2005 (20 years old)
Registered office
84 Otley Road, Shipley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD18 3SA, England
Nature of business
  • Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Luke Demot Director Sep 1997 1 Sep 2022 None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

  • Confirmation that its director runs no other company
  • All 4 people who have been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2021Abridged accountsNot audited

Net assets

£1.57m

No earlier figure to compare

Cash at bank

£142k

−68% from £450k

Employees (average)

10

−17% from 12

Owed within a year

£162k

−7.7% from £176k

Assets and liabilities

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 05626409. 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

Drive-in Service Centre’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

31 March 2025

  • David Stanley Demot gave up control
  • Luke Demot took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

15 March 2025

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2016

1 June 2016

  • David Stanley Demot took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2005

17 November 2005

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 11 events

  • All 11 events in its history (5 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 6
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Firms like Drive-in Service Centre

Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.

In Shipley

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  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 11 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Drive-in Service Centre Limited FCA authorised?
Drive-in Service Centre Limited (FRN 1030643) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Drive-in Service Centre?
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. Drive-in Service Centre Limited (FRN 1030643) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Drive-in Service Centre. Example: if Drive-in Service Centre refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Drive-in Service Centre 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.
What is Drive-in Service Centre’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01274 596829 and the website mot-bradford.co.uk for Drive-in Service Centre. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Drive-in Service Centre a scam or clone?
Drive-in Service Centre is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Drive-in Service Centre?
Protection works through Ideal Sales Solutions Ltd, the principal firm responsible for Drive-in Service Centre's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Drive-in Service Centre?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Drive-in Service Centre: Mr Luke Demot (75–100% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Mr David Stanley Demot.
Who runs Drive-in Service Centre?
Companies House lists one director of Drive-in Service Centre: Luke Demot.
How long has Drive-in Service Centre been in business?
The company was formed on 17 November 2005.
What do Drive-in Service Centre’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2021, show net assets of £1.57m (no earlier figure to compare) and cash at bank of £142k (−68% from £450k).

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