Inverness Car Company Ltd
Reference number: 501408
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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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2006
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Responsible principal firm
Automotive Compliance Limited Reference number: 497010 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.
- INVERNESS CAR COMPANY LTD (FRN 501408) is an AR of Automotive Compliance Limited (FRN 497010). When you use INVERNESS CAR COMPANY's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from INVERNESS CAR COMPANY, 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
Unit 3, Highland House, 20 Longman Road, Inverness, Highland, IV1 1RY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When invernesscarcompany.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01463 711333 is
- Who else gives the postcode IV1 1RY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Automotive Compliance 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
- SC299313 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 March 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 3 Highland House, 20 Longman Road, Inverness, IV1 1RY, Scotland
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donald Ian Hossack | Director | Dec 1967 | 22 Mar 2006 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£8,135
−92% from £106k
Cash at bank
£50.9k
−48% from £98.7k
Owed within a year
£88.2k
−9.1% from £97.0k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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 SC299313. 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
Inverness Car Company’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 September 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Inverness Car Company Ltd."
- Changed its registered name from "Inverness Car Company Ltd"
FCA register
2025
10 January 2025
- Peter Hardie stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Donald Ian Hossack became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Peter Hardie became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2009
20 May 2009
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2006
22 March 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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In Inverness
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- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
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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