AUTOTRADER LIMITED

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2000-01-19
Registered office
No.3 Circle Square, 3 Hawkshaw Street, Manchester, England, M1 7BL
Postcode
M1 7BL
Capital
210,533,602 GBP
Accounts category
Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-03-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2026-01-28
Next due by
2027-02-11
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 58142 Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals

Officers 3 current · 46 resigned

Subscribers only Director
Subscribers only Appointed 2020-01-01
Subscribers only Director
Appointed 2017-09-21
Subscribers only Secretary
Appointed 2016-11-01

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Group structure 6 subsidiaries

Controlled by AUTOTRADER HOLDING LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Licensed visa sponsor

Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).

Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Modern slavery statement

Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2025-03-31) as part of the AUTOTRADER GROUP PLC group statement.

Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z5567478 (Tier 3), registered since 2001.

Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Gender pay gap

13.2%

Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity

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Contact details

Website
autotrader.co.uk
Phone
03451110003

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
AUTO TRADER LIMITED2026-01-16
TRADER PUBLISHING LIMITED2014-03-10
AUTO TRADER HOLDINGS LIMITED2000-06-15
3155TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED2000-03-09

Previous registered addresses 6

AddressChanged on
AUTO TRADER HOUSE CUTBUSH PARK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, DANEHILL LOWER EARLEY, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG6 4UT2014-12-23
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 02/09/2009 FROM, UNIT 6 THATCHAM BUSINESS VILLAGE, COLTHROP LANE, THATCHAM, BERKSHIRE, RG19 4LW2009-09-02
UNIT 6 THATCHAM BUSINESS VILLAGE, COLTHROP LANE, THATCHAM, BERKSHIRE RG19 4LW2002-01-02
TRADER MEDIA GROUP, UNIT 6 THATCHAM BUSINESS VILLAGE, COLTHROP LANE THATCHAM, BERKSHIRE RH19 4LW2001-03-02
164 DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE M3 3GG2000-11-07
21 HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, EC1A 2DY2000-02-29

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 50 similar companies in M, trading since 2000

The class of 2000

41%

of the 75,535 companies incorporated in 2000 are still active today; 56% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Freehold
1
Leasehold
2
Most recent registration
2021-04-08
Price paid, where recorded
£706,441
Where
Hampshire (1), Greater Manchester (1), Warrington (1)
Title numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice paid
HP831479 Hampshire Freehold 2021-04-08 £706,441
MAN223323 Greater Manchester Leasehold 2014-03-07 —
CH542855 Warrington Leasehold 2005-11-24 —

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