WatchNation Limited
Reference number: 957857
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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
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Phone number
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Address
High Brow H Q Ltd, 27 Bridge Street Row East, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, CH1 1NW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When watchnation.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01244 621704 is
- Who else gives the postcode CH1 1NW
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit 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.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- 09989944 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 February 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 27 Bridge Street Row East, Chester, CH1 1NW, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores (SIC 47770)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| David Parry | Director | Jan 1968 | 5 Feb 2016 | 8 other companies |
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 companies
- 8
- closed down
- 6
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 8 companies, 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
- The one on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£316k
−12% from £360k
Cash at bank
£68.1k
+66% from £41.0k
Employees (average)
8
Same as 8
Owed within a year
£1.11m
+74% from £638k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- 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 09989944. 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
WatchNation’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
18 January 2022
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2020
2 December 2020
- Gaynor Parry stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
16 August 2018
- Gaynor Parry became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
20 June 2018
- Andrew Michael Booth stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
1 July 2016
- Andrew Michael Booth became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- David Parry took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
5 February 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to WatchNation
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with WatchNation. 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 WatchNation
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In Chester
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 14 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