Southall Travel Ltd
Reference number: 495606
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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 17 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1984
- Accounts filed up to 31 March 2024
Responsible principal firm
AWP Assistance UK Ltd Reference number: 311909 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.
- Southall Travel Ltd (FRN 495606) is an AR of AWP Assistance UK Ltd (FRN 311909). When you use Southall Travel's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Southall Travel, 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
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
19 South Road, Southall, Middlesex, UB1 1SU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When southalltravel.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01753 632316 is
- Who else gives the postcode UB1 1SU
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- STFly Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Travel Trolley Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through AWP Assistance UK Ltd, 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 name
- SOUTHALL TRAVEL LIMITED
- Company number
- 01869431 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 December 1984 (41 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Travel agency activities (SIC 79110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donna Bahia | Director | Sep 1974 | 1 Oct 1997 | 1 other company |
| Kuljinder Singh Bahia | Director | Nov 1972 | 1 Oct 1997 | 3 other companies |
| Jaymin Dhirajlal Borkhatria | Director | May 1965 | 1 Dec 2017 | 1 other company |
| Kanvir Kewal Singh Bahia | Director | Sep 2001 | 10 Jan 2025 | 4 other companies |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 4
- still active
- 4
- run together
- 3
In the full report: all 4 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£513.7m
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
£19.2m
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets
£28.8m
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Cash at bank
£60.0m
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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 01869431. 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
Southall Travel’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Kuljinder Singh Bahia gained significant control
- Onkar International Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2009
27 January 2009
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1984
6 December 1984
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Southall Travel
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Southall Travel. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- no longer authorised
- 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 Southall Travel
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Southall
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 13 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