How to find out who owns a company

Andyl66

Hi,
Forgot to add there is no VAT number on their sales invoice

DoaM

Andyl66 wrote: »

Hi,
Forgot to add there is no VAT number on their sales invoice

Might be worth a complaint to HMRC. Whilst it is feasible (though unlikely) that the business is below the VAT threshold, HMRC may well investigate.

Also:
http://www.nominet.org.uk/whois/lookup?query=noeltcarsales.co.uk

Complain to Nominet that this is a business hiding behind an incorrect listing?

PS - might be worth seeing if you can find out his surname; pound to a penny his first name is Noel, and his surname begins with T.

AdrianC

DoaM wrote: »

Might be worth a complaint to HMRC. Whilst it is feasible (though unlikely) that the business is below the VAT threshold, HMRC may well investigate.

Don't forget that it's only the margin which would be VATable on used cars, not the full sale price.

Mr_Mink

Have you popped either of those addresses into Google Maps? One of them looks like it's probably the chap's home address.

Could always go ask his neighbours for his name.

Andyl66

Thanks for the updates.
Most neighbors would be suspicions about giving up a name to a random person knocking at their door, even if they did, how would I be certain that the persons name who they gave me who be the person behind the Trading name for the court papers

robatwork

Private individual as he has opted out of the whois database. This may help:

Domain name:
noeltcarsales.co.uk

Registrant:
Noelt Car Sales

Registrant type:
Unknown

Registrant's address:
149 ROLAND AVENUE
COVENTRY
CV6 4HS
United Kingdom

Data validation:
Registrant contact details validated by Nominet on 03-N
ov-2014

Registrar:
Ascio Technologies Inc t/a Ascio Technologies inc [Tag
= ASCIO]
URL: http://www.ascio.com

Relevant dates:
Registered on: 03-Nov-2014
Expiry date: 03-Nov-2016
Last updated: 03-Nov-2014

DoaM

robatwork wrote: »

Private individual as he has opted out of the whois database. This may help:

2.5 hours too late. See post #13.

Andyl66

Thanks you anyway

InsideInsurance

Andyl66 wrote: »

Thanks for the updates.
Most neighbors would be suspicions about giving up a name to a random person knocking at their door, even if they did, how would I be certain that the persons name who they gave me who be the person behind the Trading name for the court papers

You'd be surprised.

Back in my claims handling days we used to occasionally employ field staff to go knocking when a third party didnt appear to have insurance and was ignoring all our correspondence. 90% of the time the information came from neighbours confirming that they live there, that they have the vehicle in question, what they do for a living, when they're most often home etc.

colino

Where did you actually buy the car? The residential street; the second address or the, I wouldn't touch that with a bargepole, "business" address?
Maybe 786 Car Sale Limited, the recently dissolved car sales company is still illegally trading?