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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Acorn Barn, Oak Mount Farm, Ribchester Road, Clayton Le Dale, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 9EY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07789 605050 is
- Who else gives the postcode BB1 9EY
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Speedhouse Motorcycles Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit 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
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
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
- 13960595 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 March 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- Fourth Floor, Unit 5b The Parklands, Bolton, BL6 4SD, United Kingdom
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Austin Clews | Director | Sep 1993 | 7 Jul 2023 | 1 other company |
| Austin Clews | Director | Aug 1964 | 11 Mar 2024 | 8 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
- 8
- closed down
- 1
- went insolvent
- 4
In the full report: all 8 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 4 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£180k
+509% from £29.5k
Cash at bank
£57.7k
+61% from £35.9k
Employees (average)
2
Up 2 from 0
Owed within a year
£1.20m
+560% from £182k
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 13960595. 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
Speedhouse’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
1 April 2024
- Austin Clews took control (75–100% of shares)
- Best Bid Group Ltd gave up control
Companies House
5 January 2024
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2023
7 July 2023
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Best Bid Group Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Rafferty Jade Clews gave up control
Companies House
2022
7 March 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Rafferty Jade Clews took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
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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