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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
15 Abbotswood, Kingsteignton, Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ12 3AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01626 686883 is
- Who else gives the postcode TQ12 3AB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- MAC Tools Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
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- Credit Broking
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
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
- 08022691 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 April 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Office 12 Bentalls Shopping Centre, Colchester Road, Heybridge, Maldon, Essex, CM9 4GD
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets (SIC 47990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claudio Francesco Zanobini | Director | Mar 1964 | 11 Jun 2012 | None |
| Catherine Zanobini | Director | Oct 1963 | 1 Mar 2020 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
- All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£542k
−5.7% from £575k
Cash at bank
£206k
+7.4% from £192k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£135k
+3.9% from £130k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08022691. 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
Zanobini Tools’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
27 January 2026
- Catherine Zanobini became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
1 April 2017
- Claudio Francesco Zanobini became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2015
9 November 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2012
10 April 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
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- All 12 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