Fleet Financial Ltd
Reference number: 456005
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 20 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1996
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
Responsible principal firm
Lookers Motor Group Limited Reference number: 309424 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Fleet Financial Ltd (FRN 456005) is an AR of Lookers Motor Group Limited (FRN 309424). When you use Fleet Financial's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Fleet Financial, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- 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
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Address
62 Boucher Road, Belfast, BT12 6LR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When fleetfinancial.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 028 9038 1721 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT12 6LR
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Your Preference Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Fleet Financial (NI) Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Lookers Motor Group 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Company name
- FLEET FINANCIAL LIMITED
- Company number
- NI030373 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 January 1996 (30 years old)
- Registered office
- 62 Boucher Road, Belfast, Antrim, BT12 6LR
- 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)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex Smith | Director | Sep 1974 | 23 Jan 2025 | 74 other companies |
| Owen John Mclellan | Director | Nov 1982 | 1 Oct 2025 | 71 other companies |
| Oona Cassidy | Secretary | Not published | 27 Feb 2026 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 directors
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
- 81
- closed down
- 29
- are FCA-registered
- 5
In the full report: all 81 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 on the FCA register, including 2 no longer authorised
- The 64 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 22 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Fleet Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Charles Hurst Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
16 September 2013
- Changed its registered name from "Fleet Financial (NI) Ltd"
FCA register
2012
7 June 2012
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 5 new directors took over
Companies House
2006
15 August 2006
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1996
23 January 1996
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 48 events
- All 48 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 42
Firms connected to Fleet Financial
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Fleet Financial. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- no longer authorised
- 2
- share a director
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Fleet Financial
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Belfast
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- 81 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 48 events in its history
- 5 connected firms, 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