First Direct Vans Sales Ltd
Reference number: 1013528
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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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 28 February 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £16.4k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Creative Funding Solutions Limited Reference number: 631176 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.
- First Direct Vans Sales Ltd (FRN 1013528) introduces customers to Creative Funding Solutions Limited (FRN 631176). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not First Direct Vans Sales.
- Example: if First Direct Vans Sales refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from First Direct Vans 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
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Phone number
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Address
174 East Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT17 1ES, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When firstdirectvans.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3441 9307 is
- Who else gives the postcode KT17 1ES
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- FD Vans Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- First Direct Vans Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- firstdirectvans.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- First Direct Van Sales Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Creative Funding Solutions 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
- 14673296 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 February 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- R K Taxation, 890 Garratt Lane, London, SW17 0NB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Sale of other motor vehicles (SIC 45190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Jospeh Lewis | Director | Jan 1990 | 18 Feb 2023 | 3 other companies |
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 companies
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 3 companies, 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£16.4k
Down £15.1k from −£1,306
Cash at bank
£24.8k
+413% from £4,835
Employees (average)
2
+100% from 1
Owed within a year
£262k
Up £256k from £6,141
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £16.4k more than it owned.
Net assets
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 14673296. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
First Direct Vans Sales’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
27 June 2024
- Changed its registered name from "First Direct Van Sales Limited"
FCA register
31 May 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2023
18 February 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Daniel Jospeh Lewis took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to First Direct Vans Sales
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with First Direct Vans Sales. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like First Direct Vans Sales
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Epsom
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 8 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