Vindis Group Limited
Reference number: 921765
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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 6 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1985
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2022
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.
- VINDIS GROUP LIMITED (FRN 921765) is an AR of AUTOMOTIVE COMPLIANCE LIMITED (FRN 497010). When you use VINDIS GROUP's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from VINDIS 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
1 Washingley Road, Huntingdon, PE29 6WP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When vindisgroup.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01480 469346 is, and the 5 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode PE29 6WP
Other names (30)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- PDI Centre Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Prep Centre Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Vindis Group Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Auto-Now Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- AutoNOW Cambridge Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Bedford Audi Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Bedford Volkswagen Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Bury Skoda Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Cambridge Audi Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Cambridge Bentley Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Cambridge Skoda Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Cambridge Volkswagen Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Cookes of Fakenham Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Cookes of Fanham Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Ducati Cambridge Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Ducati Peterborough Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Fakenham Volkswagen Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Huntingdon Audi Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Huntingdon Volkswagen Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Milton Keynes SEAT Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Northampton Audi Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Northampton Commercial Vehicles Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Peterborough Audi Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Sawston Volkswagen Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- St Ives Commercial Vehicles Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Three 10 Automotive Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Vindis Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Vindis Buzz Centre Bedford Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Vindis Buzz Centre Cambridge Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Vindis Buzz Centre Huntingdon 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
- 01879045 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 January 1985 (41 years old)
- Registered office
- Vindis House, Washingley Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE29 6WP
- Nature of business
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- Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45111)
- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
- Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories (SIC 45320)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jamie Francis Vindis | Director | Mar 1976 | 18 Apr 2013 | 12 other companies |
| Gary Frank Vindis | Director | Dec 1945 | Not published | 10 other companies |
| Timothy John Potter | Secretary | Not published | 1 Jan 2023 | – |
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
- 12
- closed down
- 3
- are FCA-registered
- 5
In the full report: all 12 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 on the FCA register
- The 10 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£378.2m
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
£10.3m
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets
£19.4m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£222
No earlier 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.
The figures for the year to 31 December 2022 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.
These are group figures: the firm and the companies it owns, combined.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 01879045. 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
Vindis Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
30 September 2024
- Changed its registered name from "Vindis Group Ltd"
FCA register
2022
26 August 2022
- Estate Of Nigel Anthony Vindis stopped being a part-owner
- Gary Frank Vindis gave up control
- Gary Frank Vindis took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2020
27 February 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Estate Of Nigel Anthony Vindis became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Gary Frank Vindis took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1985
18 January 1985
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 71 events
- All 71 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Vindis Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Vindis Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 5
- share its phone number
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (5), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Vindis Group
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In the Peterborough (PE) postcode area
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- 12 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 71 events in its history
- 5 connected firms, 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