Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Unit 30 grainger road, Southend on sea, Essex, SS2 5DD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When fabcarsltd.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07590 926931 is
- Who else gives the postcode SS2 5DD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- www.fabcars.uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
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
- 12152919 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 August 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 30 Grainger Road Industrial Estate, Southend-On-Sea, Essex, SS2 5DD, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Sale of other motor vehicles (SIC 45190)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandra Russell | Director | Apr 1990 | 1 Sep 2020 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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 company
- 1
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£58.4k
+133% from £25.1k
Cash at bank
£43.7k
+233% from £13.1k
Employees (average)
2
+100% from 1
Owed within a year
£51.3k
+771% from £5,892
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 12152919. 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
Fab Cars’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
1 June 2021
- Francis Buckman stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2020
1 September 2020
- Alexandra Russell became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2019
7 November 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
13 August 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Francis Buckman became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms like Fab Cars
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Southend on sea
In the Southend-on-Sea (SS) postcode area
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk