Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Crown Finance Limited, 24 imperial Park Industrial Estate, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9RS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01670 774329 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SS6 9RS
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (3)
- 020 3318 4614
- 020 8068 2536
- 020 8089 1065
Fake email addresses (5)
- banking@crown-finance.com
- compliance@crown-finance.com
- jackt@crown-finance.com
- jimh@crown-finance.com
- support@crown-finance.com
Fake websites (1)
- crown-finance.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Crown Finance 27 June 2018
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit 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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- 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)
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 03979955 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 April 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- Beke Lodge, Beke Hall Chase North, Rayleigh, Essex, SS6 9EZ
- Nature of business
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- Financial leasing (SIC 64910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorraine Elizabeth Sharpe | Director | Feb 1959 | 26 Apr 2000 | 2 other companies |
| Edward Dennis Sharpe | Director | Apr 1955 | 1 Mar 2021 | 2 other companies |
| Edward Dennis Sharpe | Secretary | Not published | 26 Apr 2000 | 2 other companies |
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
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 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
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£15.7k
+13% from £13.9k
Cash at bank
£8,552
−88% from £74.3k
Employees (average)
1
−50% from 2
Owed within a year
£401k
−2% from £409k
No turnover or profit for the year to 30 April 2025: the accounts print them but do not tag them. The last tagged figures are £34.5k turnover and −£2,146 profit, for the year to 30 April 2019.
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 03979955. 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
Crown Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
27 June 2018
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2017
26 April 2017
- Edward Dennis Sharpe became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Lorraine Elizabeth Sharpe became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
8 October 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2000
26 April 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms connected to Crown Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Crown Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Crown Finance
Other firms of the same type (lender), nearest first.
In the Southend-on-Sea (SS) postcode area
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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 10 events in its history
- 3 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
- FCA warning: Crown Finance fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk