No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 12 August 2026.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
truevehiclesales.co.uk
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Last known phone number
01284 701900
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Last known address
True Vehicle Sales Ltd, Unit B1, Chase Road, Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 6NT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When truevehiclesales.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01284 701900 is
- Who else gives the postcode IP32 6NT
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in liquidation.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 09943390 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 January 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 18a Capricorne Centre Cranes Farm Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3JJ
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas True | Director | Aug 1980 | 11 Jan 2016 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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- other company
- 1
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£1.02m
Down £370k from −£649k
Cash at bank
£1,000
Same as £1,000
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£1.93m
−37% from £3.08m
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £1.02m more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2024
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09943390. 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
True Vehicle Sales’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
12 August 2026
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Stopped being authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2020
31 December 2020
- Karen Kathleen Warsap stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Karen Kathleen Warsap became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Thomas True took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1 April 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
11 January 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms like True Vehicle Sales
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- All 12 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk