Toolden Limited
Reference number: 654671
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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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Address
Toolden Ltd, Esslemont Industrial Estate, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, AB41 8NW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When toolden.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01358 724153 is
- Who else gives the postcode AB41 8NW
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- DUOTOOL DIRECT LTD Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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 (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- SC453454 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 June 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Esslemont Estate, Ellon, AB41 8NW
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Paul Child | Director | Aug 1977 | 28 Jun 2013 | 3 other companies |
| Alister Ward Sellers | Director | May 1963 | 28 Jun 2013 | 3 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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 3
In the full report: all 3 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 3 companies these 2 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£890k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
£3.66m
+32% from £2.78m
Cash at bank
£1.22m
+81% from £673k
Owed within a year
£7.34m
+76% from £4.17m
The previous accounts cover 12 months, so turnover and profit are not compared with them.
The accounts for the 17 months 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 £27.5m, for the year to 31 July 2022.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- The chart, 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 SC453454. 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
Toolden’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
22 March 2022
- Changed its registered name from "DUOTOOL DIRECT LTD"
FCA register
2016
1 July 2016
- Alister Ward Sellers became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Jamie Paul Child became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2014
30 December 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2013
28 June 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms like Toolden
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Ellon
In the Aberdeen (AB) postcode area
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 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