Main Line (Instruments) Limited
Reference number: 978944
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No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 29 September 2022.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
main-line.co.uk
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Last known phone number
0121 458 6800
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Last known address
Unit 2, Cyclo Works, Lifford Lane, Birmingham, West Midlands, B30 3DY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When main-line.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0121 458 6800 is
- Who else gives the postcode B30 3DY
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Main Line (Instruments ) Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Main LMAIN LINE (INSTRUMENTS) LIMITED Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- 03403591 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 July 1997 (29 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 2 Cyclo Works, Lifford Lane, Kings Norton, Birmingham, B30 3DY, England
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Martin Artley | Director | Nov 1958 | 15 Jul 1997 | 7 other companies |
| Simon Mark Hawkins | Director | Mar 1965 | 1 Sep 1997 | None |
| Adrian Arthur Richards | Director | Jul 1962 | 1 Mar 2012 | None |
| Garry Wayne Clarke | Director | Sep 1969 | 18 Jul 2017 | None |
| Jack Charles Hawkins | Director | May 1992 | 1 Apr 2021 | None |
| Simon Mark Hawkins | Secretary | Not published | 2 May 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 7
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 6
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.99m
+12% from £2.67m
Cash at bank
£974k
−18% from £1.19m
Owed within a year
£4.65m
+43% from £3.27m
Assets and liabilities
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03403591. 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
Main Line (Instruments)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
3 July 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Main LMAIN LINE (INSTRUMENTS) LIMITED"
FCA register
30 March 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Main Line (Instruments ) Ltd"
FCA register
2023
2 May 2023
- Paul Martin Artley became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2022
29 September 2022
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Changed its registered name from "Main Line (Instruments) Limited"
- Stopped being authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Simon Mark Hawkins gained significant control
Companies House
1997
15 July 1997
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Main Line (Instruments)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Main Line (Instruments). 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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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk