Top Notch Limited
Reference number: 801460
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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 8 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1998
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2025
Responsible principal firm
Fleet Alliance Limited Reference number: 673150 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.
- Top Notch Limited (FRN 801460) is an AR of Fleet Alliance Limited (FRN 673150). When you use Top Notch's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Top Notch, 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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Phone number
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Address
1 Temple Close, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 3DR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When fleetalliance.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0845 371 2001 is
- Who else gives the postcode WD17 3DR
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Fleet Alliance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Neva Milton Keynes Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Fleet Alliance 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
- 03489355 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 January 1998 (28 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Temple Close, Cassiobury, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 3DR
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Financial leasing (SIC 64910)
- Management consultancy activities other than financial management (SIC 70229)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malcolm John Topping | Director | Mar 1953 | 22 Nov 1999 | 8 other companies |
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
- 8
- closed down
- 6
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 8 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
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Cash at bank
£98
−97% from £3,547
Employees (average)
0
−100% from 1
Owed within a year
£9,807
+14% from £8,587
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- 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 03489355. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Top Notch’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
30 October 2024
- Linda Ann Topping gave up control
- Malcolm John Topping took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2018
12 February 2018
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Linda Ann Topping took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1998
6 January 1998
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 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