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
South West Commercials, Lorridge Farm, Berkeley Heath, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9EU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When southwestcommercials.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01453 810100 is
- Who else gives the postcode GL13 9EU
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- WOODLANDS VAN CENTRE LTD Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit · Hire out goods to consumers 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
- Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
- Exercising or having the right to exercise the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement
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
- 07742638 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 August 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- Lorridge Farm, Berkeley Heath, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9EU
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Covill | Director | Jan 1973 | 16 Aug 2011 | None |
| Aaron Covill | Director | Apr 1999 | 1 Mar 2019 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£987k
+5.2% from £938k
Cash at bank
£728k
+50% from £486k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£104k
+28% from £81.6k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 07742638. 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 Commercials’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
1 October 2021
- Aaron Covill became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
12 December 2017
- Changed its registered name from "WOODLANDS VAN CENTRE LTD"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Paul Covill became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
30 September 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2011
16 August 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
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- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk