Paynes Garages Limited
Reference number: 523341
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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 16 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1947
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED Reference number: 497010 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.
- Paynes Garages Limited (FRN 523341) is an AR of AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED (FRN 497010). When you use Paynes Garages's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Paynes Garages, 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
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Phone number
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Address
Watling Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, LE10 3ED, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When paynes-garages.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01455 237777 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE10 3ED
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Automotive Compliance 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
- 00442329 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 September 1947 (79 years old)
- Registered office
- Paynes Garages Ltd, Watling Street, Hinckley, LE10 3ED, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
- Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45310)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Mark Grainger | Director | Jul 1965 | 1 Jan 1999 | 2 other companies |
| John Leslie Davey | Director | Oct 1952 | 1 Dec 2000 | 2 other companies |
| Mark Peter Croson | Director | Mar 1980 | 1 Jul 2024 | 4 other companies |
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
- 4
- still active
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 4 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 one on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£44.0m
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
£75.5k
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Net assets
£3.59m
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Cash at bank
£715k
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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 00442329. 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
Paynes Garages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
1 July 2016
- Paynes Garage (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2010
4 May 2010
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1947
17 September 1947
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to Paynes Garages
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Paynes Garages. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
- past link
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Paynes Garages
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Hinckley
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 13 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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