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 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2010
- Accounts filed up to 31 May 2025
Responsible principal firm
AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED Reference number: 497010 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.
- Unity Automotive Group Limited (FRN 848744) is an AR of AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED (FRN 497010). When you use Unity Automotive Group's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Unity Automotive Group, 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
Cross Roads Garage, Old Fosse Way, Shipston, On Stour, CV36 4NN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When unityautomotive.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01608 661544 is
- Who else gives the postcode CV36 4NN
Other names (8)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Coventry MG Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Two Easy Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Unity Cheltenham Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Unity Coventry Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Unity Leicester Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Unity Oxford Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Unity Tredington Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Unity Warwick Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection 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, 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
- 07407301 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 October 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- Cross Roads Garage Old Fosse Way, Tredington, Shipston-On-Stour, CV36 4NN, England
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
- Wholesale trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45310)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Jon Mathers | Director | May 1967 | 14 Oct 2010 | 11 other companies |
| Mark Hensher | Director | May 1967 | 20 May 2019 | None |
| Tim Huxley | Director | Oct 1971 | 11 May 2022 | None |
| Jamie Holliday | Director | Feb 1981 | 2 Feb 2024 | None |
| Russell Gregg-Boot | Director | Nov 1978 | 22 Jul 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 11
- closed down
- 5
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£66.1m
First group accounts: no earlier group figure to compare
Profit before tax
£95.5k
First group accounts: no earlier group figure to compare
Net assets
£1.14m
First group accounts: no earlier group figure to compare
Cash at bank
£1.10m
First group accounts: no earlier group figure to compare
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.
Figures from the year to 31 May 2025 are for the group: the company and the businesses it owns. Earlier years are the company’s own accounts, from before it had a group.
The figures for the year to 31 May 2025 were read from the printed accounts, because the filing does not tag them in a form that can be read automatically. They were checked against the accounts’ own totals.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07407301. 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
Unity Automotive Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
24 October 2019
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Jon Mathers took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2010
14 October 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to Unity Automotive Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Unity Automotive Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Unity Automotive Group
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In the Coventry (CV) postcode area
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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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 22 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