Ucan Financial Services Limited

Reference number: 750723

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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.

Responsible principal firm

AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED Reference number: 497010 Authorised 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.
  • Ucan Financial Services Limited (FRN 750723) is an AR of AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED (FRN 497010). When you use Ucan Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
  • Example: if you take financial advice from Ucan Financial Services, 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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When ucancarcredit.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0161 870 4744 is, and the other firm that gives it
  • Who else gives the postcode SK14 2BJ
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Other names (6)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Bripark Cars Trading name
  • Bripark Motors Trading name
  • MVP Trading name
  • The Electric Vehicle Company Trading name
  • Ucan Car Credit Trading name
  • Ucan Cars Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection 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, free
    You 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
10114579
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
10 April 2016 (10 years old)
Registered office
69 Manchester Road, Hyde, Greater Manchester, SK14 2BT, England
Nature of business
  • Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Nigel Wayne Parker Director Feb 1973 10 Apr 2016 1 other company
Sarah Kay Parker Director Aug 1980 28 Mar 2025 1 other company
Andrea Eileen Callaghan Director Jun 1971 18 Feb 2026 1 other company
Lewis Joseph Parker Director Feb 1998 18 Feb 2026 1 other company

Other companies run by these 4 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
2
closed down
1
is FCA-registered
1

In the full report: all 2 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The one on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
  • The 1 company these 4 directors run together
  • All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 April 2025Abridged accountsNot audited

Net assets

£1.06m

+3.7% from £1.02m

Cash at bank

£196k

−68% from £614k

Employees (average)

21

−4.5% from 22

Owed within a year

£829k

+20% from £691k

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
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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.

There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10114579. 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

Ucan Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (5) All events (17)

2025

28 March 2025

  • Parker Automotive Solutions Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Robin Garry Bridge gave up control

Companies House

1 March 2025

  • Became an appointed representative

FCA register

2016

10 April 2016

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Robin Garry Bridge took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 17 events

  • All 17 events in its history (5 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 6
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Firms connected to Ucan Financial Services

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ucan Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm
1
no longer authorised
1
share a director
1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

  • How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1)
  • Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like Ucan Financial Services

Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.

In Hyde

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Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.

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  • 2 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 6 years of accounts, charted
  • All 17 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Ucan Financial Services Limited FCA authorised?
Ucan Financial Services Limited (FRN 750723) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does appointed representative mean for Ucan Financial Services?
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. Ucan Financial Services Limited (FRN 750723) is an AR of AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED (FRN 497010). When you use Ucan Financial Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm. Example: if you take financial advice from Ucan Financial Services, 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.
What is Ucan Financial Services’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0161 870 4744 and the website ucancarcredit.uk for Ucan Financial Services. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by one other FCA firm, one of which is no longer authorised.
Is Ucan Financial Services a scam or clone?
Ucan Financial Services is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Ucan Financial Services?
Protection works through Automotive Compliance Limited, the principal firm responsible for Ucan Financial Services's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Ucan Financial Services?
Ucan Financial Services is owned by Parker Automotive Solutions Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 28 March 2025. Before that, it was controlled by Mr Robin Garry Bridge.
Who runs Ucan Financial Services?
Companies House lists 4 directors of Ucan Financial Services: Nigel Wayne Parker, Sarah Kay Parker, Andrea Eileen Callaghan and Lewis Joseph Parker.
How long has Ucan Financial Services been in business?
The company was formed on 10 April 2016.
What do Ucan Financial Services’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 30 April 2025, show net assets of £1.06m (+3.7% from £1.02m) and cash at bank of £196k (−68% from £614k).
Does Ucan Financial Services use any other names?
It trades as Bripark Cars, Bripark Motors, MVP, The Electric Vehicle Company and Ucan Car Credit, and 1 more names.

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