Essendene Lodge School Limited
Reference number: 972513
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Introducer appointed representative
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- Appointed for 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Accounts filed up to 31 August 2024
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
Responsible principal firm
Orchard Funding Limited Reference number: 725315 View firm →What does this mean?
- An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
- Essendene Lodge School Limited (FRN 972513) introduces customers to Orchard Funding Limited (FRN 725315). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Essendene Lodge School.
- Example: if Essendene Lodge School refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Essendene Lodge School itself.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Essendene Lodge School, Essendene Road, Caterham, Surrey, CR3 5PB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When essendenelodge.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01883 348349 is
- Who else gives the postcode CR3 5PB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Essendene Lodge School Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Orchard Funding Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 07870020 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 December 2011 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Georgian House, Park Lane, Stanmore, HA7 3HD, England
- Nature of business
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- Pre-primary education (SIC 85100)
- Primary education (SIC 85200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amitkumar Mehta | Director | May 1971 | 6 Feb 2019 | 56 other companies |
| Hemal Lukha | Director | Mar 1979 | 28 Feb 2025 | 39 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
- 66
- closed down
- 7
- are FCA-registered
- 12
In the full report: all 66 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 12 on the FCA register
- The 29 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£326k
+2% from £320k
Cash at bank
£111k
−5.2% from £118k
Employees (average)
25
Same as 25
Owed within a year
£668k
+44% from £464k
Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2024
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07870020. 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
Essendene Lodge School’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
31 July 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Essendene Lodge School"
FCA register
2022
20 March 2022
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2020
31 January 2020
- Amitkumar Mehta no longer has significant control
Companies House
2019
6 February 2019
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and a new director took over
- Amitkumar Mehta gained significant control
- Sandra Lynne Talbot no longer has significant control
- Shirley Anne Haydock gave up control
Companies House
5 February 2019
- Alison Jayne Fortune no longer has significant control
- Inspired Learning Group (UK) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
30 June 2016
- Alison Jayne Fortune gained significant control
- Sandra Lynne Talbot gained significant control
- Shirley Anne Haydock took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
5 December 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (13 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Essendene Lodge School
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Essendene Lodge School. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Essendene Lodge School
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Caterham
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- 66 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 21 events in its history
- 12 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