South West Automotive Ltd
Reference number: 837752
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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 24 August 2026.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
southwestautomotives.co.uk
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Last known phone number
07803 492467
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Last known address
Unit 7, Virage Business Park, 132-134 Stanley Green Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 3AP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When southwestautomotives.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07803 492467 is
- Who else gives the postcode BH15 3AP
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
- August 2026
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Permission varied or cancelled on 24 August 2026
Name: South West Automotive Ltd Reference Number: 837752 Type of action: Cancellation “The Authority has cancelled the permission and withdrawn the authorisation of S outh West Automotive Ltd “the Firm” of Unit 7, Virage Business Park, 132-134 Stanley Green Road, Poole, Dorset BH15 3AP (principal place of business) and Alum House 5 Alum Chine Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, United Kingdom, BH4 8DT (registered office address). The reason for this action is that the Authority considers the Firm is carrying on no regulated activities to which its Part 4A permission relates. The Authority’s action took effect on 24 August 2026, and a copy of the Notice of Decision issued under Schedule 6A of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (the Act), 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/decision-notices/south-west-automotive-ltd-2026.pdf As a consequence of this action the Firm is no longer an authorised firm for the purposes of 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.
- Company number
- 11323776 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 April 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- Alum House 5 Alum Chine Road, Westbourne, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH4 8DT, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Colin Smith | Director | Oct 1989 | 23 Apr 2018 | 5 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
- 5
- closed down
- 3
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 5 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
−£318k
Down £138k from −£180k
Employees (average)
2
+100% from 1
Owed within a year
£344k
+183% from £121k
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £318k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2024
- The chart, 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11323776. 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
South West Automotive’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
24 August 2026
- FCA action: Permission varied or cancelled
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Its FCA authorisation was revoked
FCA register
2019
12 April 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2018
23 April 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Sean Colin Smith took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to South West Automotive
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with South West Automotive. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like South West Automotive
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Poole
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 9 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk