Sterling Automotive Design Ltd
Reference number: 977139
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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
Unit 4-6, Knowsley Road, Knowsley Road Industrial Estate, Rossendale, Lancashire, BB4 4RX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When sterling-automotive.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01254 947630 is
- Who else gives the postcode BB4 4RX
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.
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- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
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Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 12243131 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 October 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Hippo Motor Group Trident Park, Trident Way, Blackburn, BB1 3NU, England
- Nature of business
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- Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles (SIC 29320)
- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas George Preston | Director | Mar 1981 | 4 Oct 2019 | 7 other companies |
| Thomas George Preston | Secretary | Not published | 4 Oct 2019 | – |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 7 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
- The 2 on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£703k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£34.0k
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Owed within a year
£1.12m
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £703k more than it owned.
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 12243131. 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
Sterling Automotive Design’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
5 September 2022
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2019
4 October 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Thomas George Preston took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Sterling Automotive Design
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sterling Automotive Design. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Sterling Automotive Design
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Rossendale
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 7 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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