Len Senior Cars Limited

Reference number: 664753

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Authorised by the FCA

This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.

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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When seniorcars.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01858 462117 is
  • Who else gives the postcode LE16 7PT
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Other names (7)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Senior Car And Van Hire Trading name
  • Senior Cars Trading name
  • Senior Commercials Trading name
  • Senior Contract Hire Trading name
  • Senior Garage Services Trading name
  • Senior Self Drive Trading name
  • Village Green Garage Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Lend or arrange credit · Hire out goods to consumers No FSCS cover
    Consumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (7 permissions)
  • Credit Broking
  • Debt Adjusting
  • Debt-counselling
  • Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
  • Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
  • Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
  • Exercising or having the right to exercise the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement

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
01625927
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
31 March 1982 (44 years old)
Registered office
41 The Green, Great Bowden, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16 7EU
Nature of business
  • Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
  • Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
  • Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 77110)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Thomas Alexander Senior Director Mar 1993 23 Aug 2023 None
Leonard Edward Senior Director Jan 1957 Not published None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

  • Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
  • All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 April 2025Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

£3.65m

+9.5% from £3.34m

Cash at bank

£118k

+4.3% from £113k

Owed within a year

£600k

−27% from £825k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 7 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2019 to 2025
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 01625927. 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

Len Senior Cars’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (9) All events (20)

2025

30 December 2025

  • Paul Anthony Senior stopped being a part-owner
  • Thomas Alexander Senior became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2024

19 July 2024

  • Paul Anthony Senior became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Paul Anthony Senior stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2016

6 April 2016

  • Leonard Edward Senior became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
  • Paul Anthony Senior became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2015

26 February 2015

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • Became authorised by the FCA

FCA register

1982

31 March 1982

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 20 events

  • All 20 events in its history (9 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 2
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Firms connected to Len Senior Cars

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Len Senior Cars. 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
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Firms like Len Senior Cars

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

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  • Every company its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 7 years of accounts, charted
  • All 20 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Len Senior Cars Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Len Senior Cars Limited (FRN 664753) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since February 2015 and works as a lender. The FCA has placed no limits on its permissions.
What is Len Senior Cars’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01858 462117 and the website seniorcars.co.uk for Len Senior Cars. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Len Senior Cars a scam or clone?
Len Senior Cars is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Len Senior Cars?
Its FCA permissions do not allow it to hold or control client money. Protection depends on which product you hold and how Len Senior Cars handles your money, so check the specific product before you commit. You can also refer complaints about Len Senior Cars to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Len Senior Cars?
Companies House lists 2 people with significant control of Len Senior Cars: Mr Leonard Edward Senior (50–75% of shares) and Mr Thomas Alexander Senior (25–50% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Mr Paul Anthony Senior.
Who runs Len Senior Cars?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Len Senior Cars: Thomas Alexander Senior and Leonard Edward Senior.
How long has Len Senior Cars been in business?
The company was formed on 31 March 1982, and has held its current FCA authorisation since February 2015.
What do Len Senior Cars’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 30 April 2025, show net assets of £3.65m (+9.5% from £3.34m) and cash at bank of £118k (+4.3% from £113k).
Does Len Senior Cars use any other names?
It trades as Senior Car And Van Hire, Senior Cars, Senior Commercials, Senior Contract Hire and Senior Garage Services, and 2 more names.

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