Garage Solutions Ltd

Reference number: 1058818

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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.
  • Garage Solutions Ltd (FRN 1058818) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Garage Solutions.
  • Example: if Garage Solutions refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Garage Solutions 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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  • When garagesolutions.org first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01253 462134 is
  • Who else gives the postcode FY5 4GW
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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
4 September 2013 (13 years old)
Registered office
Unit 4 Fox Court Red Marsh Drive, Red Marsh Industrial Estate, Thornton-Cleveleys, FY5 4GW, England
Nature of business
  • Roofing activities (SIC 43910)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Matthew James Cardwell Director Sep 1984 4 Sep 2013 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
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2023Micro-entity accountsNot audited

Net assets

£66.0k

+20% from £55.0k

Employees (average)

7

+17% from 6

Owed within a year

£90.0k

+77% from £50.8k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 4 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 to 2023
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 08675880. 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

Garage Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2026

26 June 2026

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

  • Matthew James Cardwell took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2013

4 September 2013

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Matthew James Cardwell appointed as a director

Companies House

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms like Garage Solutions

Other firms of the same type (home improvement or trades), nearest first.

In the Blackpool (FY) postcode area

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  • 1 other company its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 4 years of accounts, charted
  • All 4 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Garage Solutions Ltd FCA authorised?
Garage Solutions Ltd (FRN 1058818) 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 Garage Solutions?
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. Garage Solutions Ltd (FRN 1058818) introduces customers to IDEAL SALES SOLUTIONS LTD (FRN 703401). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Garage Solutions. Example: if Garage Solutions refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Garage Solutions 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 Garage Solutions’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01253 462134 and the website garagesolutions.org for Garage Solutions. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Garage Solutions a scam or clone?
Garage Solutions 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 Garage Solutions?
Protection works through Ideal Sales Solutions Ltd, the principal firm responsible for Garage Solutions's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Garage Solutions?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Garage Solutions: Mr Matthew James Cardwell (75–100% of shares).
Who runs Garage Solutions?
Companies House lists one director of Garage Solutions: Matthew James Cardwell.
How long has Garage Solutions been in business?
The company was formed on 4 September 2013.
What do Garage Solutions’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2023, show net assets of £66.0k (+20% from £55.0k).

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