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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1991
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2025
- Its whole board of directors changed in October 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £59.5k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
McLean & Appleton (Holdings) Limited Reference number: 311979 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.
- Hatfields Garages Limited (FRN 506558) is an AR of McLean & Appleton (Holdings) Limited (FRN 311979). When you use Hatfields Garages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Hatfields Garages, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Hatfields, Thornton Road, Pickering, North Yorkshire, YO18 7JX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01924 203091 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode YO18 7JX
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hatfields Garages Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through McLean & Appleton (Holdings) 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
- 02670208 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 December 1991 (34 years old)
- Registered office
- Lithia House 2 Oakwood Court, Little Oak Drive, Annesley, Nottingham, NG15 0DR, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard James Maloney | Director | Dec 1977 | 1 Oct 2025 | 93 other companies |
| Richard John Thomas | Director | Sep 1973 | 1 Oct 2025 | 99 other companies |
| David Neil Williamson | Director | Dec 1965 | 1 Oct 2025 | 115 other companies |
| Richard Maloney | Secretary | Not published | 1 Oct 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 119
- closed down
- 26
- are FCA-registered
- 18
In the full report: all 119 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 18 on the FCA register
- The 98 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
−£59.5k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
4
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£2.29m
No earlier figure to compare
Total equity is negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £59.5k more than it owned.
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 02670208. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Hatfields Garages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
1 October 2025
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
26 March 2025
- Gareth Sinclair Williams gave up control
Companies House
14 January 2025
- McLean & Appleton Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
11 December 2016
- Gareth Sinclair Williams took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
14 October 2014
- Changed its registered name from "Hatfields Garages Ltd"
FCA register
2009
7 September 2009
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1991
11 December 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 15
Firms connected to Hatfields Garages
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hatfields Garages. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Hatfields Garages
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
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- 119 other companies its directors have run, named
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- 12 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