Hawk's Motors Limited: FCA regulated?

On the register, but not FCA authorised

This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is why it appears on the register. That is not authorisation: the FCA does not oversee how it treats customers, and FSCS protection does not apply.

Registered for 8 years
No FCA actions
Active company since 2017
Accounts filed up to 31 May 2022
Accounts are overdue at Companies House
Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
On its latest accounts it owed £79.7k more than it owned

What does this mean?

Some businesses are required by law to have an anti-money-laundering supervisor. For this kind of business that supervisor is the FCA, and the registration is the only reason the firm appears on the FCA register.
What the FCA checks is narrow: that the firm identifies its customers, keeps records, and reports suspicious activity. It is the anti-crime paperwork behind a bank asking you for ID.
It does not check anything about you as a customer. Not whether the firm treats you fairly, not whether it is financially sound, not whether what it sells is any good. The FCA describes firms registered this way as “not authorised or subject to wider FCA regulation”.
So if the firm fails or treats you badly, there is no FSCS compensation, and the Financial Ombudsman Service usually cannot look at a complaint about unregulated business.

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.

No website on the FCA register
Phone number

07401 542244
Address

19 Bury Old Road, Manchester, Lancashire, M25 0EY, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 07401 542244 is
Who else gives the postcode M25 0EY

Past FCA permissions and consumer protection

Money-laundering registration only
This firm is registered for anti-money-laundering supervision only. It is not FCA-authorised. Money you hand over is not protected by the FSCS, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.

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.
Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.

Company number: 10763727 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 10 May 2017 (9 years old)
Registered office: 10 A Missouri Avenue, Salford, M50 2NP, England
Nature of business: Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Tuheed Ghazanfar	Director	Aug 1980	10 May 2017	None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

Confirmation that its director runs no other company

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 May 2022Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

−£79.7k

Down £63.5k from −£16.3k

Cash at bank

£91

Down £650 from £741

Employees (average)

3

−25% from 4

Owed within a year

£30.5k

+61% from £18.9k

Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.

Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £79.7k more than it owned.

Assets and liabilities

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 10763727. 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

Hawk's Motors’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2018

10 September 2018

Registered with the FCA

FCA register

2017

10 May 2017

Incorporated at Companies House
Tuheed Ghazanfar gained significant control
Tuheed Ghazanfar appointed as a director

Companies House

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

Firms connected to Hawk's Motors

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hawk's Motors. 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 Hawk's Motors

Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.

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1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Hawk's Motors Limited FCA authorised?

Hawk's Motors Limited (FRN 816499) is registered with the FCA under the Money Laundering Regulations only. That is anti-money-laundering supervision, not FCA authorisation, and the FCA does not supervise the firm's conduct.

What is Hawk's Motors’ phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 07401 542244 for Hawk's Motors. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Hawk's Motors a scam or clone?

Hawk's Motors is genuinely on the FCA's money-laundering register, so it is not an outright fake, but registration is not authorisation, and scammers impersonate registered firms too. Verify contact details against the register before sending money.

Is my money safe with Hawk's Motors?

Money you hand to Hawk's Motors is not protected by the FSCS. Money-laundering registration carries no compensation scheme, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.

Who owns Hawk's Motors?

Companies House lists one person with significant control of Hawk's Motors: Mr Tuheed Ghazanfar (significant influence or control).

Who runs Hawk's Motors?

Companies House lists one director of Hawk's Motors: Tuheed Ghazanfar.

How long has Hawk's Motors been in business?

The company was formed on 10 May 2017.

What do Hawk's Motors’ latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 May 2022, show net assets of −£79.7k (down £63.5k from −£16.3k) and cash at bank of £91 (down £650 from £741). Its accounts are overdue at Companies House.