Who we are
Young Car Driver is a trading name of Autedia Limited, a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 08775069. This website is owned and operated by Autedia Limited.
Registered office: 167-169 Great Portland Street, Fifth Floor, London, W1W 5PF.
VAT registration number: 194 6064 85.
Autedia Limited is a credit broker, not a lender, and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority, Firm Reference Number 948436.
This is our registered business address, but we do not offer phone support or in person appointments. The best way to contact us is by email at team@youngcardriver.com.
You can also read our Privacy policy, Cookie policy, Editorial guidelines, How we earn money, and Trusted partners pages.
Using our site
By using Young Car Driver, you agree to these terms. Please read them carefully, along with our Privacy policy and Cookie policy.
We may update these terms from time to time, especially if the way the site works changes or if the law requires it. When we do, we will update the date at the top of this page.
You are welcome to use the site for your own research, whether that means learning to drive, choosing a first car, sorting insurance or finance, or understanding how to run and look after a car.
Young Car Driver is designed mainly for young and new drivers in the UK, but anyone can use the site if they follow these terms.
Our content focuses on UK laws, rules, products, and services, including Northern Ireland where relevant. Information on this site may not be appropriate in other countries.
What our content is for
Our guides are designed to give clear, useful starting points. They can help you understand the main issues, questions, risks, and next steps before you make a decision.
Nothing on Young Car Driver is personal financial advice, insurance advice, or legal advice. Our guides do not replace tailored guidance from a driving instructor, insurer, credit broker, lender, legal adviser, mechanic, or other qualified professional who can look at your individual circumstances.
You are responsible for any decisions you make after using the site, including decisions about driving, insurance, finance, buying a car, or using a third party service.
About the information on this site
The information and guides on Young Car Driver are intended to be informative, practical, and useful for young drivers and the people supporting them.
We follow editorial standards to help keep our content accurate, current, balanced, and easy to understand. You can read more in our Editorial guidelines and Fact checking policy.
We review and update our pages regularly, although not every page will show a visible date stamp.
Although we work hard to keep information accurate, rules, prices, products, eligibility criteria, partner journeys, and third party information can change. You should always check important details before making a decision.
How we make money
Young Car Driver may earn commission or receive payment if you click a partner link or use a partner journey, such as car finance or insurance comparison.
We do not charge you a fee to use Young Car Driver. Any commission is paid by the partner or provider, not directly by you. Using Young Car Driver does not add a separate charge from us to the price you are offered.
Commercial relationships do not decide what we write. Our editorial content is based on what we believe is useful for young drivers, not on who pays us.
For more detail, please read How we earn money and Trusted partners.
Our content and copyright
Everything you see on this site, including the words, illustrations, design, brand style, and cartoon driver characters, is protected by copyright.
Our content is created by us, licensed to us, or used with permission. Please do not copy, republish, scrape, adapt, or reuse our guides, visuals, logos, brand style, or characters without permission.
You are welcome to link to our content. You may also quote a small section where fair and reasonable, with clear credit to Young Car Driver. Copying whole articles, republishing our content, or using our work for commercial purposes is not allowed without our permission.
If you are unsure whether something is okay to use, email us at team@youngcardriver.com.
Access and site security
We do our best to keep Young Car Driver online, secure, and up to date, but the site may sometimes be unavailable because of updates, technical issues, maintenance, or events outside our control.
Please do not misuse the site. This includes introducing viruses, attempting to gain unauthorised access, scraping content, interfering with the site, or trying to access parts of the site you are not authorised to use.
We cannot guarantee that the site will always be available, free from bugs, secure, or compatible with every browser, device, or system.
Partner journeys and third party websites
Young Car Driver includes links to third party websites, official sources, and partner journeys. These may include quote tools, application forms, comparison services, government websites, consumer guidance, and other external resources.
Where we introduce you to finance or insurance partners, they are responsible for their own regulated activities, agreements, eligibility checks, pricing, decisions, and complaints processes.
When you leave Young Car Driver or use a partner journey, that third party may have its own terms, privacy policy, eligibility checks, pricing, decisions, and complaints process.
We do not control third party websites, insurer decisions, lender decisions, quote results, finance offers, policy terms, claims handling, or provider decisions.
We choose our partners and external sources carefully, but we are not responsible for the content, security, accuracy, availability, or decisions made by third party websites, partners, or providers.
Vehicle finance
Autedia Limited is a credit broker, not a lender, and is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under Firm Reference Number 948436.
Young Car Driver does not lend money and does not provide personal financial advice. Where we introduce users to car finance, our role is to provide information and introduce users to a partner that handles the regulated finance journey.
We currently introduce car finance users to CarFinance 247. CarFinance 247 Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority under Firm Reference Number 653019.
Finance is subject to status, affordability, lender criteria, and full terms and conditions. Car finance is generally only available to UK residents aged 18 or over.
Information on Young Car Driver is provided for general guidance only and is not a recommendation or personal financial advice.
Vehicle insurance
For insurance introductions, Autedia Limited, FRN 788341 acts as an Introducer Appointed Representative of Seopa Ltd, trading as Quotezone.co.uk, FRN 313860.
Young Car Driver does not sell insurance policies. If you use an insurance quote route from Young Car Driver, the quote journey is provided and managed by our partner.
Any quote, policy, premium, eligibility decision, underwriting decision, claim, or policy service is handled by the relevant partner, broker, insurer, or provider, not by Young Car Driver’s editorial team.
Information on Young Car Driver is provided for general guidance only and is not a recommendation or personal insurance advice.
Data protection
Autedia Limited is registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office under registration number ZA148079.
For details about how we collect, use, store, and protect personal data, please read our Privacy policy.
For information about cookies and similar technologies, please read our Cookie policy.
Accessibility
We want Young Car Driver to be usable by as many people as possible, whatever device, technology, or access needs they have.
We aim to use clear structure, readable content, accessible links, and appropriate alternative text for images where needed.
We are working towards recognised accessibility standards and will continue to improve the site based on user feedback.
If something is not working for you or you are having trouble accessing part of the site, please email us at team@youngcardriver.com.
Limiting our liability
We fact check our content and work to keep it accurate, useful, and up to date, but no website can guarantee that every piece of information will always be complete, current, or suitable for every individual situation.
To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for loss, cost, damage, or inconvenience that arises from using this site, relying on its content, being unable to access the site, or using third party websites or partner journeys we link to.
Nothing in these terms excludes or limits any liability that cannot legally be excluded or limited. This includes liability for death or personal injury caused by negligence, fraud, fraudulent misrepresentation, statutory rights, or duties owed under financial services law or FCA rules.
If there is a legal dispute
These terms, and your use of Young Car Driver, are governed by the laws of England and Wales.
If a dispute cannot be resolved informally, it will be handled by the courts of England and Wales.
Complaints
If you are unhappy with our service, our content, or the way we introduced you to a partner, please read our Complaints procedure.
If your complaint relates mainly to a partner journey, quote, policy, finance agreement, claim, or provider decision, you may also need to complain directly to the relevant partner, broker, insurer, lender, or provider.