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 8 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2017
- Accounts filed up to 30 June 2022
Responsible principal firm
Auto Union Finance Limited Reference number: 669609 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.
- Ron White Trade Cars Limited (FRN 821725) introduces customers to Auto Union Finance Limited (FRN 669609). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Ron White Trade Cars.
- Example: if Ron White Trade Cars refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Ron White Trade Cars 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
Bradford Road, Tingley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF3 1QP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When ronwhitetradecars.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0113 252 5522 is
- Who else gives the postcode WF3 1QP
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Ron White Trade Cars Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Auto Union Finance 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
- 10818219 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 June 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 2 Axis Court, Nepshaw Lane South, Leeds, LS27 7UY, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benjamin Ron Hargreaves | Director | Sep 1986 | 14 Jun 2017 | None |
| Danny Joe Hargreaves | Director | Oct 1991 | 14 Jun 2017 | 1 other company |
| Josh Hargreaves | Director | Jan 1995 | 14 Jun 2017 | None |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£1.32m
+94% from £679k
Employees (average)
3
+200% from 1
Owed within a year
£699k
+35% from £518k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2022
- 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 10818219. 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
Ron White Trade Cars’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
18 January 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Ron White Trade Cars Ltd"
FCA register
2018
26 September 2018
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
18 June 2018
- Josh Hargreaves became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Josh Hargreaves stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2017
14 June 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Benjamin Ron Hargreaves became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Danny Joe Hargreaves became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Josh Hargreaves became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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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
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