Authorised, but in an insolvency process
This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.
- No FCA actions
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2023
- Company: in administration
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
What the FCA says
ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process
This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).
Website, phone number and address
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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
Christopher Petts and Jonathan Roden of Grant Thornton UK Advisory & Tax, 116 Quayside, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 3DY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode NE1 3DY
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Reflex Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- LCV Hire Solutions Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
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- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
- Exercising or having the right to exercise the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in administration, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 07813062 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Administration
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 October 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Grant Thornton Uk Advisory & Tax Llp Landmark St Peters Square 1, Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 4PB
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisa Marie Spong | Director | Jan 1978 | 21 Sep 2018 | None |
| Oliver Frank Howard Waring | Director | Mar 1972 | 7 Jul 2021 | 11 other companies |
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 companies
- 11
- closed down
- 2
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£8.80m
+53% from £5.74m
Cash at bank
£849k
−61% from £2.16m
Employees (average)
147
+35% from 109
Owed within a year
£34.7m
+19% from £29.2m
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
No turnover or profit for the year to 31 December 2023: the accounts print them but do not tag them. The last tagged figures are £49.5m turnover and £3.51m profit, for the year to 31 December 2021.
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07813062. 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
Reflex Vehicle Hire’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
6 August 2021
- Bgf GP Limited stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
19 March 2021
- David Elias Fine no longer has significant control
- Oliver Frank Howard Waring gained significant control
Companies House
2019
13 May 2019
- Changed its registered name from "LCV Hire Solutions Limited"
FCA register
2018
25 September 2018
- David Elias Fine gained significant control
Companies House
27 June 2018
- Bgf GP Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
8 September 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2011
17 October 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 32 events
- All 32 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 20
Firms connected to Reflex Vehicle Hire
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Reflex Vehicle Hire. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Reflex Vehicle Hire
Other firms of the same type (car leasing or hire), nearest first.
In Newcastle upon Tyne
In the Newcastle (NE) postcode area
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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 32 events in its history
- 2 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