The Dunblane Motor Company Limited
Reference number: 660929
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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
Dicksons Of Perth, 170 Dunkeld Road, Perth, Perth & Kinross, PH1 3AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When dicksonsofperth.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01738 626287 is
- Who else gives the postcode PH1 3AA
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Dicksons of Perth Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit · Hire out goods to consumers 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
- 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 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
- SC020720 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 December 1938 (87 years old)
- Registered office
- 170 Dunkeld Road, Perth, Perthshire, PH1 3AA
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Sale of other motor vehicles (SIC 45190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Charles Norman Dickson | Director | Jan 1990 | 1 Mar 2012 | None |
| Niki Thomas Dickson | Director | Jul 1978 | 30 Oct 2012 | 1 other company |
| Niki Thomas Dickson | Secretary | Not published | 1 Dec 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 directors
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- other company
- 1
- still active
- 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
- All 11 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£435k
−20% from £545k
Net assets
£6.92m
+4.7% from £6.61m
Cash at bank
£775k
+12% from £691k
Owed within a year
£3.62m
+5.8% from £3.43m
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £20.6m, for the year to 31 December 2021.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company SC020720. 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
The Dunblane Motor Company’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 December 2016
- Norman Francis Dickson gained significant control
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Dickson Motors (Perth) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Niki Thomas Dickson gained significant control
Companies House
2015
4 February 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1938
5 December 1938
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 33 events
- All 33 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 24
Firms connected to The Dunblane Motor Company
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with The Dunblane Motor Company. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like The Dunblane Motor Company
Other firms of the same type (car leasing or hire), nearest first.
In Perth
In the Perth (PH) postcode area
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 33 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