Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Automotive Compliance Limited Reference number: 497010 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- PMC T/A PAIGNTON BODY REPAIR CENTRE LTD (FRN 1044734) introduces customers to Automotive Compliance Limited (FRN 497010). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not PMC T/A PAIGNTON BODY REPAIR CENTRE.
- Example: if PMC T/A PAIGNTON BODY REPAIR CENTRE refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from PMC T/A PAIGNTON BODY REPAIR CENTRE itself.
- 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
The Old Bank Chambers, 223 Union Street, Brunswick Square, Torquay, TQ1 4UT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When paigntonmotorcompany.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01803 556527 is
- Who else gives the postcode TQ1 4UT
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Paignton Motor Company Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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
- 10444829 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 October 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- The Old Bank Chambers 223 Union Street, Brunswick Square, Torquay, TQ1 4UT, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoffrey Melsome | Director | Sep 1957 | 25 Oct 2016 | None |
| Tina Melsome | Director | May 1960 | 25 Oct 2016 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£8,316
−74% from £31.7k
Cash at bank
£50
Up £56.8k from −£56.7k
Employees (average)
12
+20% from 10
Owed within a year
£119k
+17% from £102k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 10444829. 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
Pmc T/a Paignton Body Repair Centre’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
21 October 2025
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2016
25 October 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Geoffrey Melsome became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Tina Melsome became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms like Pmc T/a Paignton Body Repair Centre
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Torquay
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- All 7 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