Used Car Sites Limited

Reference number: 934476

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Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

Automobile Association Insurance Services Limited Reference number: 310562 Authorised View firm →
What does this mean?
  • An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
  • USED CAR SITES LIMITED (FRN 934476) introduces customers to Automobile Association Insurance Services Limited (FRN 310562). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not USED CAR SITES.
  • Example: if USED CAR SITES refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from USED CAR SITES itself.
  • 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 theaa.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0370 544 8866 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
  • Who else gives the postcode SG12 8HN
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Other names (6)

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

  • AA Car Finance Trading name
  • AA Cars Trading name
  • AA DNA Trading name
  • The AA Cars Trading name
  • The AA DNA Trading name
  • V Cars Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Automobile Association Insurance Services 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
04546950
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
27 September 2002 (24 years old)
Registered office
Level 3, Plant, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4HG, England
Nature of business
  • Advertising agencies (SIC 73110)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
James Hosking Director Nov 1980 1 Nov 2024 1 other company
James Edward Cox Secretary Not published 12 Oct 2022 –

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 company
1
still active
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 14 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Key dates in its history

Used Car Sites’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (6) All events (38)

2024

15 November 2024

  • Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over

Companies House

2020

18 September 2020

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2018

1 March 2018

  • Aa Corporation Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Sarah Ann O'Connor stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2016

6 April 2016

  • Sarah Ann O'Connor became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2002

27 September 2002

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 38 events

  • All 38 events in its history (6 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 25
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Firms connected to Used Car Sites

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

connected firms
3
share its phone number
3

In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: the same phone number (3)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like Used Car Sites

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

In Ware

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  • 1 other company its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 38 events in its history
  • 3 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Used Car Sites Limited FCA authorised?
Used Car Sites Limited (FRN 934476) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Used Car Sites?
An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own. Used Car Sites Limited (FRN 934476) introduces customers to Automobile Association Insurance Services Limited (FRN 310562). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Used Car Sites. Example: if Used Car Sites refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Used Car Sites itself. 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 Used Car Sites’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0370 544 8866 and the website theaa.com/cars for Used Car Sites. 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 3 other FCA firms.
Is Used Car Sites a scam or clone?
Used Car Sites 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 Used Car Sites?
Protection works through Automobile Association Insurance Services Limited, the principal firm responsible for Used Car Sites's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Used Car Sites?
Used Car Sites is owned by Aa Corporation Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares and 75–100% of votes, since 1 March 2018. Before that, it was controlled by Mrs Sarah Ann O'Connor.
Who runs Used Car Sites?
Companies House lists one director of Used Car Sites: James Hosking.
How long has Used Car Sites been in business?
The company was formed on 27 September 2002.
Does Used Car Sites use any other names?
It trades as AA Car Finance, AA Cars, AA DNA, The AA Cars and The AA DNA, and 1 more names.

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