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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2018
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2026
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
The Compliance Guys Ltd Reference number: 941360 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.
- Platinum Vehicle Specialists Ltd (FRN 1016679) is an AR of The Compliance Guys Ltd (FRN 941360). When you use Platinum Vehicle Specialists's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Platinum Vehicle Specialists, 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
K2 Tower, Bond Street, Hull, Kingston Upon Hull, City Of, HU1 3EN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When platinumvehiclespecialists.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07535 298034 is
- Who else gives the postcode HU1 3EN
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through The Compliance Guys 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, 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
- 11335111 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 April 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- K2 Tower, Bond Street, Hull, HU1 3EN, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oliver Simon Skerrett | Director | Mar 1996 | 28 Apr 2018 | None |
| Simon Skerrett | Director | Jan 1974 | 17 Dec 2018 | None |
| Samantha Leeman | Secretary | Not published | 17 Dec 2018 | – |
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
£66
Down £180 from £246
Cash at bank
£14.6k
Up £13.8k from £808
Employees (average)
4
+33% from 3
Owed within a year
£132k
+73% from £76.7k
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11335111. 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
Platinum Vehicle Specialists’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
1 December 2025
- Oliver Simon Skerrett took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2024
14 August 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2018
28 April 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
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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