J. Brake & Son Limited
Reference number: 454658
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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 1997
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2025
Responsible principal firm
Itc Compliance Limited Reference number: 313486 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.
- J. BRAKE & SON LIMITED (FRN 454658) is an AR of Itc Compliance Limited (FRN 313486). When you use J. BRAKE & SON's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from J. BRAKE & SON, 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
Station Road, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9BQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When brakesmotorcompany.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01460 54331 is
- Who else gives the postcode TA19 9BQ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Brakes Motor Company Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- J Brake & Son Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Itc 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
- 03305470 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 January 1997 (29 years old)
- Registered office
- Brakes Motor Company, Station Road, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9BQ, United Kingdom
- 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)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
- Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45320)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| John William Charles | Director | Apr 1968 | 1 Feb 1999 | None |
| Deborah Anne Adams | Director | May 1970 | 1 Nov 2015 | None |
| Lauren Michele Lanfranchi | Director | May 1980 | 27 Feb 2024 | None |
| Deborah Anne Adams | Secretary | Not published | 22 Mar 2012 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 3 directors run no other company
- All 9 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£860k
−27% from £1.18m
Cash at bank
£395
−99% from £73.6k
Employees (average)
24
−7.7% from 26
Owed within a year
£1.01m
+19% from £851k
Net assets
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03305470. 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
J. Brake & Son’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- John William Charles took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2010
28 October 2010
- Changed its registered name from "J Brake & Son Ltd"
FCA register
2006
13 July 2006
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1997
21 January 1997
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms like J. Brake & Son
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Ilminster
In the Taunton (TA) postcode area
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 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