AUTOTRADER LIMITED, M1 7BL : Companies House Number 03909628

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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

Director

Subscribers only Appointed 2020-01-01

Director

Appointed 2017-09-21

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

Name	Date changed
AUTO TRADER LIMITED	2026-01-16
TRADER PUBLISHING LIMITED	2014-03-10
AUTO TRADER HOLDINGS LIMITED	2000-06-15
3155TH SINGLE MEMBER SHELF TRADING COMPANY LIMITED	2000-03-09

Previous registered addresses 6

Address	Changed on
AUTO TRADER HOUSE CUTBUSH PARK INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, DANEHILL LOWER EARLEY, READING, BERKSHIRE, RG6 4UT	2014-12-23
GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 02/09/2009 FROM, UNIT 6 THATCHAM BUSINESS VILLAGE, COLTHROP LANE, THATCHAM, BERKSHIRE, RG19 4LW	2009-09-02
UNIT 6 THATCHAM BUSINESS VILLAGE, COLTHROP LANE, THATCHAM, BERKSHIRE RG19 4LW	2002-01-02
TRADER MEDIA GROUP, UNIT 6 THATCHAM BUSINESS VILLAGE, COLTHROP LANE THATCHAM, BERKSHIRE RH19 4LW	2001-03-02
164 DEANSGATE, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE M3 3GG	2000-11-07
21 HOLBORN VIADUCT, LONDON, EC1A 2DY	2000-02-29

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 number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price 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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