Zain Cars Ltd
Reference number: 1058300
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Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for under a year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2026
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Forward Asset Finance Limited Reference number: 630723 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- ZAIN CARS LTD (FRN 1058300) introduces customers to Forward Asset Finance Limited (FRN 630723). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not ZAIN CARS.
- Example: if ZAIN CARS refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from ZAIN CARS itself.
- 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
Z1 Motors, Burnside Terrace, Camelon, Falkirk, Falkirk, FK1 4EF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When z1motors.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07759 212301 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode FK1 4EF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Z1 Motors Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Forward Asset Finance 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
- SC890323 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 May 2026 (less than a year old)
- Registered office
- Z1 Motors, Burnside Terrace, Falkirk, FK1 4EF, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Sale of used cars and light motor vehicles (SIC 45112)
- Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles (SIC 45200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Qasim Iqbal | Director | Apr 1989 | 1 Oct 2026 | 4 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
- 4
- closed down
- 3
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 4 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
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Zain Cars’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
8 October 2026
- Qasim Iqbal gained significant control
Companies House
19 August 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Z1 Motors Ltd"
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
4 July 2026
- Virginia Isobel McFarlane gave up control
Companies House
20 May 2026
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Virginia Isobel McFarlane took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 9 events
- All 9 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Zain Cars
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Zain Cars. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Zain Cars
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In Falkirk
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 9 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