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
Fourth Floor East, Matrix House, Basing View, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG21 4FF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01624 694694 is
- Who else gives the postcode RG21 4FF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Conister Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit · Hire out goods to consumers No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Credit Broking
- Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising or having the right to exercise the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement
Limits on what they may do
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Not permitted to canvass off trade premises
The firm is not permitted to canvass regulated borrower-lender-supplier agreements or regulated consumer hire agreements off trade premises
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
- FC024114 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Overseas company
- Incorporated
- 6 March 1996 (30 years old)
- Registered office
- Clarendon House Victoria Street, Douglas, Isle Of Man, IM1 2LN
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Brian Andrew Smeed | Director | Jun 1984 | 25 Apr 2017 | 12 other companies |
| Denham Hervey Newall Eke | Director | Sep 1951 | 10 May 2019 | 19 other companies |
| Lesley Anne Crossley | Secretary | Not published | 2 Sep 2019 | – |
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
- 29
- closed down
- 6
- went insolvent
- 3
In the full report: all 29 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 3 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 20 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Conister Finance & Leasing’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
19 August 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not permitted to canvass off trade premises)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1996
6 March 1996
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 46 events
- All 46 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 38
Firms connected to Conister Finance & Leasing
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Conister Finance & Leasing. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 4
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Conister Finance & Leasing
Other firms of the same type (lender), nearest first.
In Basingstoke
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- 29 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 46 events in its history
- 5 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