Motorparks Automobiles LTD
Reference number: 1001212
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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
INVICTA AUTOMOBILES LIMITED Reference number: 308872 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.
- Motorparks Automobiles LTD (FRN 1001212) is an AR of INVICTA AUTOMOBILES LIMITED (FRN 308872). When you use Motorparks Automobiles's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Motorparks Automobiles, 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
Grange Jaguar Land Rover, Mosquito Way, Hatfield, Hertfordshire, AL10 9US, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When motorparks.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01707 925022 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode AL10 9US
Other names (11)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- County Motorparks Chelmsford Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Motorparks Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Motorparks Canterbury Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Motorparks Preston Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Motorparks Warrington Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Motorparks Automobiles Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Motorparks Ashford Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Motorparks Bury Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Motorparks County Motor Works Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Motorparks Oldham Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Motorparks Thanet Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Invicta Automobiles 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
- 00591196 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 30 September 1957 (69 years old)
- Registered office
- Grange, Mosquito Way, Hatfield, AL10 9US, England
- 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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| Mark Jonathan James Lavery | Director | Jul 1965 | 31 Dec 2007 | 32 other companies |
| David James Peake | Director | Apr 1979 | 17 Jul 2025 | 2 other companies |
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
- 32
- closed down
- 11
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 32 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 4 on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 21 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Motorparks Automobiles’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
27 February 2025
- Cambria Automobiles (South East) Ltd gave up control
- Cambria Ventures Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2023
1 September 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Motorparks Automobiles Limited"
FCA register
9 August 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Cambria Automobiles (South East) Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2007
31 December 2007
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1997
17 October 1997
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 4 new directors took over
Companies House
1957
30 September 1957
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 59 events
- All 59 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 35
Firms connected to Motorparks Automobiles
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Motorparks Automobiles. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Motorparks Automobiles
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Hatfield
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- 32 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 59 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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