Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Navigation Garage, Forrest Street, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 3BB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When jdstrucks.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01254 297266 is
- Who else gives the postcode BB1 3BB
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Jds Contracts Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- JDS Truck & Van Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- J Douthwaite & Sons Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Jds Trucks Northwest Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 00851095 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 June 1965 (61 years old)
- Registered office
- Navigation Garage, Forrest St, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 3BB
- Nature of business
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- Sale of other motor vehicles (SIC 45190)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
- Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45310)
- Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45320)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Mark Frank Griffiths | Director | Jan 1966 | 1 Dec 1999 | 6 other companies |
| Richard Neil Davies | Director | Jun 1967 | 23 Dec 2008 | 2 other companies |
| Lee Duncan Drummond | Director | May 1970 | 1 Nov 2017 | None |
| Mark Frank Griffiths | Secretary | Not published | 1 Dec 1999 | 6 other companies |
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
- 6
- closed down
- 3
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 6 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 2 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 11 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£1.23m
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets
£8.72m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£5.97m
No earlier figure to compare
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 00851095. 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
JDS Trucks’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
21 March 2017
- Rimape Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2009
12 August 2009
- Changed its registered name from "J Douthwaite & Sons Ltd"
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1965
8 June 1965
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 31 events
- All 31 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 17
Firms connected to JDS Trucks
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with JDS Trucks. 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 JDS Trucks
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Blackburn
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 31 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk