V12 Sports & Classics Ltd
Reference number: 682492
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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 11 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2006
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
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.
- V12 SPORTS & CLASSICS LTD (FRN 682492) is an AR of AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED (FRN 497010). When you use V12 SPORTS & CLASSICS's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from V12 SPORTS & CLASSICS, 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
The Midlands Studio College, London Road, Hinckley, LE10 1HQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When v12sportsandclassics.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01455 560078 is
- Who else gives the postcode LE10 1HQ
Other names (10)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- V12 Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- V12 Hinckley Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- V12 Stoke Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- V12 Wolverhampton Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- V12 Worksop Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- V12 Sports And Classics Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- V12 Luton Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- V12 Nelson Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- V12 Newcastle-Under-Lyme Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- V12 Witham Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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
- 05861786 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 June 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- The Midland Studio College, London Road, Hinckley, LE10 1HQ, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Farhad Tailor | Director | Jun 1977 | 29 Jun 2006 | 7 other companies |
| Asiya Shaikh | Director | Feb 1980 | 10 Nov 2014 | None |
| Gary Woods | Director | Aug 1962 | 26 Feb 2018 | None |
| Asiya Shaikh | Secretary | Not published | 17 May 2008 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 7
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 6
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£207.2m
−12% from £235.2m
Profit before tax
£254k
−1% from £257k
Net assets
£4.28m
−4.5% from £4.48m
Cash at bank
£2.94m
−20% from £3.66m
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 05861786. 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
V12 Sports & Classics’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
21 March 2024
- Changed its registered name from "V12 Sports And Classics Ltd"
FCA register
2016
1 July 2016
- Farhad Tailor gained significant control
Companies House
2015
7 April 2015
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2006
29 June 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 28 events
- All 28 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 28 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