McLaren Automotive Limited
Reference number: 988512
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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.
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.
- McLaren Automotive Limited (FRN 988512) is an AR of Automotive Compliance Limited (FRN 497010). When you use McLaren Automotive's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from McLaren Automotive, 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
McLaren Technology Centre, Chertsey Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 4YH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When cars.mclaren.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01483 261900 is
- Who else gives the postcode GU21 4YH
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
- 01967717 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 December 1985 (40 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Manufacture of motor vehicles (SIC 29100)
- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Eddy Georges Skaf | Director | Jan 1974 | 2 Apr 2025 | None |
| Nicholas Paul Collins | Director | Dec 1974 | 2 Apr 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Ani Maaria Lockwood | Director | Jan 1974 | 3 Aug 2026 | 5 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
- still active
- 6
- run together
- 1
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 1 company these 3 directors run together
- All 37 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
McLaren Automotive’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
8 December 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2017
20 July 2017
- McLaren Automotive Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- The Government Of The Kingdom Of Bahrain stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
29 May 2016
- The Government Of The Kingdom Of Bahrain became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
1985
2 December 1985
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 72 events
- All 72 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 67
Firms like McLaren Automotive
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In Woking
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 72 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