J F Hutchings Ltd
Reference number: 595704
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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 13 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2012
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2024
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.
- J F Hutchings Ltd (FRN 595704) is an AR of Automotive Compliance Limited (FRN 497010). When you use J F Hutchings's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from J F Hutchings, 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
The Hyundai Centre, Severn Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taff, CF37 5YH, Wales
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hutchings.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01443 824350 is
- Who else gives the postcode CF37 5YH
Other names (8)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hutchings Hyundai Bridgend Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hutchings Hyundai Pontypridd Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hutchings Hyundai Swansea Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hutchings Hyundai Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Hutchings Hyundai Brigend Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Hutchings Isuzu Swansea Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Hutchings Vauxhall Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Hutchings Vauxhall Pontypridd Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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
- 08323590 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 December 2012 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- The Hyundai Centre Severn Road, Treforest Industrial Estate, Pontypridd, CF37 5YH
- 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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| Stephen John Hutchings | Director | Feb 1977 | 10 Dec 2012 | 4 other companies |
| Simon Peter Magee | Director | Nov 1972 | 23 Feb 2015 | 1 other company |
| Simon Peter Magee | Secretary | Not published | 10 Dec 2012 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 4
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 4 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£958k
−12% from £1.09m
Total equity
£6.31m
+8.6% from £5.81m
Cash at bank
£4.54m
+33% from £3.41m
Owed within a year
£8.13m
+31% from £6.23m
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2024 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £47.5m, for the year to 31 December 2022.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 to 2024
- Both charts, 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 08323590. 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 F Hutchings’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
9 October 2021
- John Frederick Hutchings stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- John Frederick Hutchings became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stephen John Hutchings became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2013
11 February 2013
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2012
10 December 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to J F Hutchings
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with J F Hutchings. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like J F Hutchings
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In the Cardiff (CF) postcode area
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
Get the full report on J F Hutchings
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 22 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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