Sherwoods Motor Group Limited
Reference number: 667876
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1993
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
Automotive Compliance Limited Reference number: 497010 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Sherwoods Motor Group Limited (FRN 667876) is an AR of Automotive Compliance Limited (FRN 497010). When you use Sherwoods Motor Group's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Sherwoods Motor Group, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- 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
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Phone number
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Address
Alma Place, Durham City Retail Park, Durham, DH1 2HN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When sherwoodsmotorgroup.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0191 386 5522 is
- Who else gives the postcode DH1 2HN
Other names (6)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Sherwoods Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Sherwoods Durham Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Sherwoods Gateshead Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Sherwoods Suzuki Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Sherwoods Town Centre Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Sherwoods (Darlington) Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Automotive Compliance 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
- 02876229 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 November 1993 (32 years old)
- Registered office
- Sherwoods Motor Group Crowther Road, Crowther Industrial Estate, Washington, Tyne And Wear, NE38 0AQ, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Robert Allan Macconachie | Director | Feb 1978 | 22 Mar 2017 | 1 other company |
| Christopher David Elvidge | Director | Sep 1962 | 1 Mar 2018 | 6 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 6
- still active
- 6
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 6 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£3.29m
+77% from £1.86m
Net assets
£9.85m
+33% from £7.41m
Cash at bank
£6.38m
+199% from £2.14m
Owed within a year
£43.2m
+94% from £22.2m
Profit before tax
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 02876229. 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
Sherwoods Motor Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
11 February 2019
- Alasdair Macconachie gave up control
- Sherwoods Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
16 January 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Sherwoods (Darlington) Limited"
FCA register
2018
23 May 2018
- General Motors UK Limited stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Alasdair Macconachie took control (75–100% of shares)
- General Motors UK Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
23 January 2015
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1993
29 November 1993
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 12
Firms connected to Sherwoods Motor Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sherwoods Motor Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- past links
- 3
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 3 past links through former directors
Firms like Sherwoods Motor Group
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Durham
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 27 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