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
Auto 100, Nunn Brook Road, Huthwaite, Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 2HU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When auto100.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01623 513643 is
- Who else gives the postcode NG17 2HU
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Auto100.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Auto100 Oxford Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Auto200.co.uk 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
- 04489650 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 July 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Units 1 & 2, Blackwell Road Huthwaite, Sutton-In-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire, NG17 2RF
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrea Lorraine Smith | Director | Oct 1963 | 18 Jul 2002 | None |
| Christopher Richard Smith | Director | Jul 1958 | 18 Jul 2002 | 1 other company |
| Matthew Christopher Smith | Director | Oct 1986 | 11 Sep 2014 | 3 other companies |
| James Michael Smith | Director | Jun 1991 | 11 Sep 2014 | 2 other companies |
| Timothy John Hulbert | Director | Jun 1979 | 12 Jun 2017 | 1 other company |
| Joanne Robinson | Secretary | Not published | 15 Dec 2020 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 5
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£141.6m
+24% from £113.8m
Profit before tax
£3.42m
+30% from £2.63m
Net assets
£9.44m
+27% from £7.42m
Cash at bank
£4.33m
+49% from £2.91m
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 04489650. 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
Sales Assistance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
26 November 2019
- Matthew Christopher Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Matthew Christopher Smith stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrea Lorraine Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Christopher Richard Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
13 February 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2002
18 July 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 21 events in its history
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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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