On the register, but not FCA authorised
This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is why it appears on the register. That is not authorisation: the FCA does not oversee how it treats customers, and FSCS protection does not apply.
- Registered for 13 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1992
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
What does this mean?
- Some businesses are required by law to have an anti-money-laundering supervisor. For this kind of business that supervisor is the FCA, and the registration is the only reason the firm appears on the FCA register.
- What the FCA checks is narrow: that the firm identifies its customers, keeps records, and reports suspicious activity. It is the anti-crime paperwork behind a bank asking you for ID.
- It does not check anything about you as a customer. Not whether the firm treats you fairly, not whether it is financially sound, not whether what it sells is any good. The FCA describes firms registered this way as “not authorised or subject to wider FCA regulation”.
- So if the firm fails or treats you badly, there is no FSCS compensation, and the Financial Ombudsman Service usually cannot look at a complaint about unregulated business.
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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No website on the FCA register
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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Redmond House, Fern Court, Brackenhill Business Park, Peterlee, County Durham, SR8 2RR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode SR8 2RR
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Auxillis Services Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Helphire Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Auxillis Services Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Money-laundering registration onlyThis firm is registered for anti-money-laundering supervision only. It is not FCA-authorised. Money you hand over is not protected by the FSCS, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
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
- 02686430 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 February 1992 (34 years old)
- Registered office
- Northgate Centre, Lingfield Way, Darlington, DL1 4PZ, England
- Nature of business
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- Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 77110)
- Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles (SIC 77120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin Ward | Director | Feb 1967 | 22 Apr 2009 | 52 other companies |
| Paul Harvey Stead | Director | Jul 1967 | 31 Mar 2020 | 26 other companies |
| Rachel Maria Coulson | Director | Aug 1975 | 5 Dec 2025 | 35 other companies |
| Matthew David Barton | Secretary | Not published | 16 Jul 2024 | – |
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
- 62
- closed down
- 20
- are FCA-registered
- 5
In the full report: all 62 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 5 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 32 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 19 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Northgate Fleet Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 July 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Auxillis Services Limited"
FCA register
2016
5 September 2016
- Changed its registered name from "Helphire Limited"
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Moco Claims And Services Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
14 June 2013
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
1992
11 February 1992
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 42 events
- All 42 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 35
Firms connected to Northgate Fleet Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Northgate Fleet Services. 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
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 62 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 42 events in its history
- 5 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk