Authorised, but in an insolvency process
This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.
- No FCA actions
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2022
- Company: in liquidation
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
- On its latest accounts it owed £442k more than it owned
What the FCA says
ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process
This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
c/o Menzies LLP, 2 Sovereign Quay, Havannah Street, Cardiff, CF10 5SF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode CF10 5SF
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in liquidation, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company name
- SNOWDROP INDEPENDENT LIVING LIMITED
- Company number
- 11660704 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 November 2018 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- MENZIES LLP, 5th Floor, Hodge House 114-116 St Mary Street, Cardiff, CF10 1DY
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of medical and orthopaedic goods in specialised stores (not incl. hearing aids) not elsewhere classified (SIC 47749)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Charles Bounds | Director | Feb 1953 | 5 Nov 2018 | 25 other companies |
| David Giles Morgan | Director | Oct 1968 | 5 Nov 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
- 31
- closed down
- 13
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 31 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£442k
Down £231k from −£210k
Cash at bank
£71.9k
−56% from £164k
Employees (average)
40
−4.8% from 42
Owed within a year
£761k
+64% from £463k
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £442k 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11660704. 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
Snowdrop Independent Living’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
9 May 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
27 February 2019
- Kevin Charles Bounds stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
5 November 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- David Giles Morgan became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Kevin Charles Bounds became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Snowdrop Independent Living
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Snowdrop Independent Living. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- no longer authorised
- 1
- 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
- 3 past links through former directors
Firms like Snowdrop Independent Living
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Cardiff
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- 31 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 12 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
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