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.
Responsible principal firm
Sytner Group Limited Reference number: 310540 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.
- Sytner Finance Limited (FRN 405546) is an AR of Sytner Group Limited (FRN 310540). When you use Sytner Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Sytner Finance, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
2 Penman Way, Grove Park, Enderby, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1ST, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0116 282 1000 is, and the 16 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode LE19 1ST
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Sytner Vehicle Contracts Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sytner Group Limited, 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 number
- 02344678 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 February 1989 (37 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Penman Way, Grove Park, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE19 1ST
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
- Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45310)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Gerard Edward Nieuwenhuys | Director | Nov 1960 | 27 Aug 1999 | 81 other companies |
| Simon Moorhouse | Director | Dec 1973 | 13 Jul 2023 | 82 other companies |
| Simon Moorhouse | Secretary | Not published | 13 Jul 2023 | – |
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
- 107
- closed down
- 23
- are FCA-registered
- 14
In the full report: all 107 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 14 on the FCA register
- The 56 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Sytner Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Sytner Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2005
14 January 2005
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1997
25 July 1997
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1989
8 February 1989
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 24 events
- All 24 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 19
Firms connected to Sytner Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sytner Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 10
- share a director
- 8
- share its phone number
- 9
In the full report: all 10 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (8), the same phone number (9), the same postcode (10)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Sytner Finance
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Leicester
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- All 24 events in its history
- 10 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