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
221 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8GW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0161 767 2804 is
- Who else gives the postcode M45 8GW
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Access Hire Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- claimsteam Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Claims management No FSCS coverMoney you pay a claims company is not FSCS protected, but FCA rules cap what it may charge you for a financial services claim. Complaints about this firm go to the Financial Ombudsman Service free of charge.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 05032328 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 February 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 221 Bury New Road, Whitefield, Manchester, M45 8GW, England
- Nature of business
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- Other passenger land transport (SIC 49390)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Christopher Neil Mccormack | Director | Mar 1983 | 18 Oct 2012 | 2 other companies |
| Sheldon Rene Davidson | Director | Sep 1962 | 31 Aug 2017 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 2 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 3
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£506k
−32% from £742k
Cash at bank
£0
−100% from £22.5k
Owed within a year
£3.93m
−8.6% from £4.30m
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 05032328. 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
Access Hire & Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
26 March 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2019
31 March 2019
- No longer regulated by the Claims Management Regulator
FCA register
4 March 2019
- Regulated by the Claims Management Regulator from this date
FCA register
2017
7 October 2017
- Sds Capital Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Sheldon Davidson Solicitors Ltd became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Sheldon Rene Davidson gave up control
Companies House
31 August 2017
- Christopher McCormack no longer has significant control
- Sheldon Rene Davidson took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Christopher McCormack gained significant control
Companies House
2004
3 February 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 24 events
- All 24 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to Access Hire & Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Access Hire & Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Access Hire & Finance
Other firms of the same type (claims management firm), nearest first.
In Manchester
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 24 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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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