Taw Garages Limited
Reference number: 564133
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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 15 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1967
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
Responsible principal firm
Automotive Compliance Limited Reference number: 497010 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.
- TAW GARAGES LIMITED (FRN 564133) is an AR of Automotive Compliance Limited (FRN 497010). When you use TAW GARAGES's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from TAW GARAGES, 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.
This company holds another FCA record
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Victoria Road, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 8NP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When taw-ford.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01271 374173 is
- Who else gives the postcode EX32 8NP
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Taw Motor Centre Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Taw Garages Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Taw Citroen Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Taw Ford Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Automotive Compliance 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
- 00923161 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 November 1967 (58 years old)
- Registered office
- 69 High Street, Bideford, Devon, EX39 2AT, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Richard Brend | Director | May 1993 | 31 Mar 2015 | 1 other company |
| Ryan Percival Brend | Director | Oct 1991 | 10 Jun 2025 | 1 other company |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£33.9m
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
−£877k
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Net assets
£3.68m
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Cash at bank
£360k
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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 00923161. 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
Taw Garages’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
9 October 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Taw Garages Ltd"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Taw Garage (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
7 September 2011
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1967
21 November 1967
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 14
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 23 events in its history
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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