No longer an appointed representative
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Registration ended 14 December 2016.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
01472 453200
Also given by 2 firms that are no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Last known address
Railway Street, Grimsby, Lincolnshire, DN32 7BN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01472 453200 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode DN32 7BN
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Read Suzuki Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 10248472 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 June 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- Retford Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 2QD, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael David Read | Director | Apr 1964 | 23 Jun 2016 | 1 other company |
| Nicola Jane Read | Director | Sep 1963 | 23 Jun 2016 | 1 other company |
| Nicola Jane Read | Secretary | Not published | 23 Jun 2016 | – |
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
- is FCA-registered
- 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
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£437k
Down £222k from −£214k
Employees (average)
13
−7.1% from 14
Owed within a year
£5.38m
−20% from £6.69m
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £437k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
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 10248472. 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
Read Automotive Grimsby’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
14 December 2016
- Stopped being an appointed representative
FCA register
23 June 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Read Motor Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Read Automotive Grimsby
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Read Automotive Grimsby. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 6
- no longer authorised
- 2
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: all 6 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (3), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Read Automotive Grimsby
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Grimsby
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 8 events in its history
- 6 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