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.
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2024
- 1 FCA action
- Company: in liquidation
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
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).
This company holds another FCA record
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Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Paul Palmer, Marshall Peters, Bartle House, Oxford Court, Manchester, M2 3WQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0161 914 9255 is
- Who else gives the postcode M2 3WQ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- SouthWest MotorHomes Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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 (5 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- 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
FCA action
- action
- 1
- most recent
- September 2026
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Authorisation restored on 17 September 2026
An annulment application was accepted by the Authority and the firm’s authorisation was restored on 17 September 2026.
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Permission varied or cancelled on 21 August 2025
Name: SOUTHWEST MOTORHOMES SALES, HIRE AND SERVICES LIMITED Reference Number: 714383 Type of action: Cancellation The Authority has cancelled the permission and withdrawn the authorisation of SOUTHWEST MOTORHOMES SALES, HIRE AND SERVICES LIMITED “the Firm” of Unit 1, Southfields Enterprise Park, Jordans Road, Ilminster, Somerset, TA19 9FF (principal place of business address) and Milsted Langdon Llp, Winchester House, Deane Gate Avenue, Taunton, United Kingdom, TA1 2UH (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 21 August 2025, 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/southwest-motorhomes-sales-hire-and-services-limited-2025.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
- Companies House records this company in liquidation, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 07759575 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 September 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- Marshall Peters Manchester Bartle House, Oxford Court, Manchester, M2 3WQ
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 77110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Sarah Ruth Foord | Director | Sep 1974 | 1 Sep 2011 | 3 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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- other companies
- 3
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 3 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£230k
−35% from £352k
Cash at bank
£131k
Up £128k from £3,561
Employees (average)
19
−9.5% from 21
Owed within a year
£3.40m
+150% from £1.36m
Net assets
In the full report: all 6 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 07759575. 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
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
17 September 2026
- FCA action: Authorisation restored
FCA register
2025
21 August 2025
- FCA action: Permission varied or cancelled
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Sarah Ruth Foord became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2015
3 September 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2011
1 September 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
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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