Vehicle Consulting Group Limited
Reference number: 673523
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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
Wellington House, 2 Acorn Business Park, Heaton Lane, Stockport, Stockport, SK4 1AS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When vehicleconsulting.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0161 431 0011 is
- Who else gives the postcode SK4 1AS
Other names (12)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Car Leasing People Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Vehicle Consulting Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Vehicle Consulting UK Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Car Partners Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Contract Hire A Car Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Contract Hire A Van Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- FinanceACar Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Fleet Solutions Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- In2motors Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- New Car Deals Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Simply Vehicle Leasing Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Van Leasing People Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit · Hire out goods to consumers No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
- Exercising or having the right to exercise the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement
Limits on what they may do
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Not permitted to canvass off trade premises
The firm is not permitted to canvass regulated borrower-lender-supplier agreements or regulated consumer hire agreements off trade premises
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
- 04360826 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 January 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Acorn Business Park, Heaton Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, SK4 1AS, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial leasing (SIC 64910)
- Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 77110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Christian Wolstenholme | Director | Aug 1977 | 25 Jan 2002 | 3 other companies |
| Andrew Stephen Brode | Director | Sep 1940 | 21 Dec 2017 | 53 other companies |
| Caroline Jane Brode | Secretary | Not published | 30 Mar 2022 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 56
- closed down
- 29
- went insolvent
- 3
In the full report: all 56 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 3 that went into liquidation or administration
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£699k
+55% from £451k
Cash at bank
£741k
+61% from £459k
Employees (average)
27
+29% from 21
Owed within a year
£759k
+28% from £593k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04360826. 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
Vehicle Consulting Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
21 October 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Vehicle Consulting UK Limited"
FCA register
2017
31 December 2017
- Simeon Mark Briggs stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
21 December 2017
- Andrew Stephen Brode became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Lee Christian Wolstenholme became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Simeon Mark Briggs became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
6 January 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not permitted to canvass off trade premises)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2002
25 January 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 37 events
- All 37 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Vehicle Consulting Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Vehicle Consulting Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Vehicle Consulting Group
Other firms of the same type (car leasing or hire), nearest first.
In the Stockport (SK) 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.
Get the full report on Vehicle Consulting Group
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- 56 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 37 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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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