Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
24 The Street, Little Clacton, Clacton-on-Sea, Essex, CO16 9LD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hayesgarage.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01255 860860 is
- Who else gives the postcode CO16 9LD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hayes Garage Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
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
- 08043809 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 April 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darren James Russell | Director | May 1971 | 6 May 2015 | None |
| Christopher Sturdy | Director | Oct 1986 | 6 Feb 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
£156k
+14% from £137k
Cash at bank
£95.9k
+41% from £67.9k
Owed within a year
£399k
+4.2% from £383k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 08043809. 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
New Forge Cars’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
21 October 2024
- Christopher Sturdy became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
18 October 2024
- Christopher Sturdy stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2022
29 April 2022
- Christopher Sturdy became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
24 April 2017
- Darren James Russell gained significant control
- Richard John Hayes gained significant control
Companies House
2015
27 May 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2012
24 April 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms like New Forge Cars
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In Clacton-on-Sea
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- All 15 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