Route 28 Ltd
Reference number: 792541
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No longer authorised
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. Authorisation ended 27 July 2026.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
route28.co.uk
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Last known phone number
01227 719292
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Last known address
Unit 4, Wealden Forest Park, Herne Common, Herne Bay, CT6 7LQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When route28.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01227 719292 is
- Who else gives the postcode CT6 7LQ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Route 28 Car and Van Sales Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Route 28 Car Sales Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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
FCA action
- action
- 1
- most recent
- July 2026
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Permission varied or cancelled on 27 July 2026
Name: Route 28 Ltd Reference Number: 792541 Type of action: Cancellation “The Authority has cancelled the permission and withdrawn the authorisation of Route 28 Ltd (“the Firm”) of Unit 4, Wealden Forest Park, Herne Common, Herne Bay, CT6 7LQ. The reason for this action is that the Firm is failing to satisfy the Suitability Threshold Condition because it failed to pay overdue fees and/or levies owed to the Authority. The Authority’s action took effect on 27 July 2026 and a copy of the Final Notice which sets out the reason for the action, is displayed on the Authority’s website and can be accessed using the following link: https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/final-notices/route-28-ltd-2026.pdf As a consequence of this action the Firm is no longer an authorised firm for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (“the Act”), and it may not carry on regulated activities which fall within the scope of the Act. ”
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
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 07669786 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 June 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 2 Wealden Forest Park, Herne Common, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 7LQ, England
- Nature of business
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- Repair of machinery (SIC 33120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen John Weekes | Director | Sep 1966 | 13 Nov 2021 | 3 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 3
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£55.2k
+33% from £41.4k
Employees (average)
3
−50% from 6
Owed within a year
£78.9k
+188% from £27.4k
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2023 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £619k, for the year to 31 December 2020.
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2023 do not tag profit before tax in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £13.5k, for the year to 31 December 2019.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2023
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07669786. 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
Route 28’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
27 July 2026
- FCA action: Permission varied or cancelled
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Its FCA authorisation was revoked
FCA register
2024
1 December 2024
- Stephen John Weekes took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1 October 2024
- Terrence Oates gave up control
Companies House
2017
9 November 2017
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2016
11 June 2016
- Terrence Oates took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
14 June 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to Route 28
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Route 28. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
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
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 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