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 2 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2006
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2019
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
Unit F1, Imperial Business Estate, West Mill, Gravesend, Kent, DA11 0DL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode DA11 0DL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Rapid PCO Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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
- 05714220 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 February 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 98 Liverpool Road, Formby, Liverpool, L37 6BS, England
- Nature of business
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- Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 77110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Cook | Director | Mar 1987 | 20 Feb 2015 | 1 other company |
| PINE HILL HOLDINGS LIMITED | Corporate director | Not published | 20 Feb 2015 | None |
Other companies run by these 2 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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£621k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£23.2k
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Employees (average)
24
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£2.25m
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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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 05714220. 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
Rapid Vehicle Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
28 October 2024
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Pine Hill Holdings Limited gave up control
- Pine Hill Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
20 February 2015
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2006
17 February 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms like Rapid Vehicle Management
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In Kent
In the Dartford (DA) postcode area
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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