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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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
01329 760271
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Last known address
1 Specks Lane, Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 8QY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01329 760271 is
- Who else gives the postcode PO4 8QY
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: Seafront Motors Limited Reference Number: 983368 Type of action: Cancellation “The Authority has cancelled the permission and withdrawn the authorisation of Seafront Motors Limited (“the Firm”) of 1 Specks Lane, Southsea, Hampshire, PO4 8QY (Principal Place of Business) and Bm Centre 11 St. Martins Close, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 0HD (Registered Office of Address). 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/seafront-motors-limited-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.
- Company number
- 13955302 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 March 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- 181 New Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7QS, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Arthur Cornel Pantea | Director | Dec 1974 | 1 Aug 2026 | 1 other company |
| Balazs Toth | Director | Jun 1991 | 1 Aug 2026 | 3 other companies |
| Ovidiu Dumitru Ursoianu | Director | Mar 1996 | 1 Aug 2026 | 1 other company |
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 companies
- 3
- still active
- 3
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 3 companies, 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
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£11.0k
−176% from £14.5k
Cash at bank
£2,369
−81% from £12.8k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £11.0k more than it owned.
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 13955302. 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
Seafront Motors’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 August 2026
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
- Andras Orban stopped being a part-owner
- Andras Ozsvath stopped being a part-owner
- Arthur Cornel Pantea became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Balazs Toth became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ovidiu Dumitru Ursoianu became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
27 July 2026
- FCA action: Permission varied or cancelled
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Its FCA authorisation was revoked
FCA register
2022
22 November 2022
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
4 March 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Andras Orban became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Andras Ozsvath became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (13 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms like Seafront Motors
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Southsea
In the Portsmouth (PO) postcode area
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
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