MV Fruehauf Ltd: FCA regulated?

Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Appointed for under a year
Protected through the principal
No FCA actions
Active company since 2021
Accounts filed up to 30 June 2025
On its latest accounts it owed £2.43m more than it owned

Responsible principal firm

One Funding Ltd Reference number: 1040483 Authorised View firm →

What does this mean?

An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
MV Fruehauf Ltd (FRN 1053933) introduces customers to One Funding Ltd (FRN 1040483). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not MV Fruehauf.
Example: if MV Fruehauf refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from MV Fruehauf itself.
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.

Website

fruehauf.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
Phone number

07854 200597
Address

M V Commercial Ltd, Brownsburn Industrial Estate, Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, ML6 9SE, United Kingdom

In the full report: 3 background checks

When fruehauf.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
What kind of line 07854 200597 is
Who else gives the postcode ML6 9SE

FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection through the principal firm
Protection works through One Funding Ltd, 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, free
You 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: SC708376 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 2 September 2021 (5 years old)
Registered office: Ninian Road, Bownsburn Industrial Estate, Airdrie, Scotland, ML6 9SE, Scotland
Nature of business: Manufacture of trailers and semi-trailers (SIC 29202)
Sale of other motor vehicles (SIC 45190)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Steven Cairns	Director	Oct 1976	2 Sep 2021	1 other company
Thomas John O'Rourke	Director	Mar 1963	2 Sep 2021	17 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: 17
closed down: 5
went insolvent: 2

In the full report: all 17 companies, named

What each company does, and whether it is still trading
Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
The one on the FCA register
The 1 company these 2 directors run together

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 June 2025Full accountsAudited

Profit before tax

£200k

From a loss of £530k

Net assets

−£2.43m

Down £300k from −£2.13m

Cash at bank

£3,352

−98% from £223k

Owed within a year

£9.24m

−27% from £12.6m

Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £2.43m more than it owned.

Profit before tax

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 SC708376. 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

MV Fruehauf’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2026

22 April 2026

Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2024

16 January 2024

Fruehauf (Gbr) Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Mv Commercial Limited gave up control

Companies House

2021

2 September 2021

Incorporated at Companies House
Mv Commercial Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Steven Cairns appointed as a director
Thomas John O'rourke appointed as a director

Companies House

Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.

Firms connected to MV Fruehauf

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with MV Fruehauf. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms: 5
no longer authorised: 1
share a director: 1

In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named

How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (5)
Who links each one: the named directors, with dates

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17 other companies its directors have run, named
3 background checks on its contact details
All 7 events in its history
5 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is MV Fruehauf Ltd FCA authorised?

MV Fruehauf Ltd (FRN 1053933) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.

What does introducer appointed representative mean for MV Fruehauf?

An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own. MV Fruehauf Ltd (FRN 1053933) introduces customers to One Funding Ltd (FRN 1040483). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not MV Fruehauf. Example: if MV Fruehauf refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from MV Fruehauf itself. 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.

What is MV Fruehauf’s phone number and website?

The FCA register lists the phone number 07854 200597 and the website fruehauf.co.uk for MV Fruehauf. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is MV Fruehauf a scam or clone?

MV Fruehauf 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 MV Fruehauf?

Protection works through One Funding Ltd, the principal firm responsible for MV Fruehauf's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.

Who owns MV Fruehauf?

MV Fruehauf is owned by Fruehauf (Gbr) Ltd, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 16 January 2024. Before that, it was controlled by Mv Commercial Limited.

Who runs MV Fruehauf?

Companies House lists 2 directors of MV Fruehauf: Steven Cairns and Thomas John O'Rourke.

How long has MV Fruehauf been in business?

The company was formed on 2 September 2021.

What do MV Fruehauf’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 30 June 2025, show profit before tax of £200k (from a loss of £530k) and net assets of −£2.43m (down £300k from −£2.13m).