Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Vipond Motors, 14 Worsley Road North, Worsley, Manchester, Salford, M28 3GW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When lodgetopgarage.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0161 799 2724 is
- Who else gives the postcode M28 3GW
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- ROBERT VIPOND Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- LODGE TOP GARAGE Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
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
- 04871079 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 August 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- Lodge Top Garage, Worsley Road North, Walkden, Manchester, M28 3GW
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Derek Vipond | Director | May 1964 | 19 Aug 2003 | None |
| Robert Derek Vipond | Secretary | Not published | 22 Nov 2013 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- Both people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£45.8k
+53% from £30.0k
Cash at bank
£50.1k
+37% from £36.7k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£39.6k
−8.6% from £43.3k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 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 04871079. 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
Robert vipond car sales’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 September 2026
- Robert Derek Vipond gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Robert Derek Vipond took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
19 January 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2003
19 August 2003
- 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: 1
Firms connected to robert vipond car sales
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with robert vipond car sales. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like robert vipond car sales
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Manchester
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- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk