Wilfred Scruton Limited
Reference number: 662076
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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
Providence Foundry, Foxholes, Driffield, North Yorkshire, YO25 3QQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When wilfredscruton.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01262 470221 is
- Who else gives the postcode YO25 3QQ
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
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
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Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 00496990 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 June 1951 (75 years old)
- Registered office
- Providence Foundry, Foxholes, Nr.Driffield, Yorks, YO25 3QQ
- Nature of business
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- Repair of machinery (SIC 33120)
- Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft (SIC 46140)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian John Scruton | Director | Dec 1956 | 7 Jun 1994 | None |
| Sally Anne Scruton | Director | May 1970 | 27 May 2009 | None |
| Richard George Bower | Director | Aug 1965 | 6 May 2010 | None |
| Richard Wayne Gillett | Director | Oct 1970 | 6 May 2010 | None |
| Laura Rosemary Bell | Director | Jul 1989 | 16 Mar 2016 | None |
| Scott Adam Shirley | Director | Apr 1978 | 24 Sep 2024 | None |
| Peter Kenneth Scruton | Director | Aug 1946 | Not published | None |
| Sally Anne Scruton | Secretary | Not published | 9 May 2018 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 7 directors run no other company
- All 12 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£30.5m
−11% from £34.3m
Profit before tax
−£458k
Down £263k from −£195k
Net assets
£3.27m
−14% from £3.81m
Cash at bank
£11.6k
<1% from £11.7k
Turnover and profit
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 00496990. 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
Wilfred Scruton’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
1 September 2025
- Frederick Raymond Marwood stopped being a part-owner
- Ian John Scruton stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Frederick Raymond Marwood became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ian John Scruton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
13 February 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1951
28 June 1951
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 12
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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
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