Nationwide Accident Hire Limited
Reference number: 1052826
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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.
- Appointed for under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2015
- Accounts filed up to 30 November 2022
Responsible principal firm
2 DIRECT LIMITED Reference number: 306117 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.
- Nationwide Accident Hire Limited (FRN 1052826) is an AR of 2 DIRECT LIMITED (FRN 306117). When you use Nationwide Accident Hire's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Nationwide Accident Hire, 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
901 Merlin Business Park, Ringtail Road, Burscough Industrial Estate, Ormskirk, Lancashire, L40 8JY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When nationwidehire.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 344 4303 is
- Who else gives the postcode L40 8JY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through 2 Direct 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
- 09891301 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 November 2015 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 109 Eastham Village Road, Eastham, Wirral, CH62 0AF, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christopher John Sharples | Director | Apr 1974 | 9 Jun 2017 | None |
| Phil Hayes | Director | Feb 1969 | 1 Jul 2025 | 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£388k
+134% from £166k
Cash at bank
£65.3k
−65% from £186k
Employees (average)
12
Same as 12
Owed within a year
£618k
+47% from £421k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2022
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09891301. 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
Nationwide Accident Hire’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
7 July 2026
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2021
18 May 2021
- Bryan John Sharples gave up control
- Christopher John Sharpes took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2017
9 June 2017
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Bryan John Sharples took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
26 November 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Nationwide Accident Hire
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Nationwide Accident Hire. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Nationwide Accident Hire
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Ormskirk
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 10 events in its history
- 3 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