Funding Options Limited

Reference number: 791902

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Registered with the FCA

This firm is registered to provide account information services. With your permission it can read your account data, but it cannot hold or move your money.

This company holds another FCA record

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Website, phone number and address

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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When fundingoptions.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0333 344 1015 is
  • Who else gives the postcode EC1Y 2AL
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Other names (4)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • BusinessLending.co.uk Trading name
  • Compare Funding Trading name
  • Funding Options by Tide Trading name
  • Funding Options Ltd Former name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Account information No FSCS cover
    This firm does not hold or move your money, it only reads your account data with your permission. There are no customer funds to safeguard and FSCS protection does not arise. You can still complain about how it handled your data.
  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You 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
07739337
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
12 August 2011 (15 years old)
Registered office
4th Floor The Featherstone Building, 66 City Road, London, EC1Y 2AL, England
Nature of business
  • Web portals (SIC 63120)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Stuart Spencer Lawson Director Dec 1969 24 Nov 2022 None
Oliver Rainer Andreas Prill (Dr) Director May 1971 1 Feb 2023 5 other companies
Matthew Tataryn Director Dec 1993 21 Aug 2024 None
Shaun Stephen Mccabe Director Oct 1968 20 Nov 2024 5 other companies
Claire Margaret Dimond Secretary Not published 26 Aug 2025 –

Other companies run by these 4 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
5
still active
5
are FCA-registered
2

In the full report: all 5 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 2 on the FCA register
  • The 5 companies these 4 directors run together
  • All 20 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsAudited

Turnover

£19.5m

+120% from £8.88m

Profit before tax

£13.3m

+216% from £4.20m

Total equity

£12.0m

Up £13.3m from −£1.26m

Cash at bank

£7.32m

+511% from £1.20m

Turnover and profit

In the full report: all 7 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2019 to 2025
  • Both charts, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 07739337. 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

Funding Options’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (13) All events (52)

2023

1 February 2023

  • Gli Finance Ltd stopped being a part-owner
  • ING Bank N.V. no longer has significant control
  • Tide Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2021

13 May 2021

  • Changed its registered name from "Funding Options Ltd"

FCA register

2018

22 August 2018

  • ING Bank N.V. gained significant control
  • North West 4 Digital General Partner Ltd no longer has significant control
  • Richard William Traynor stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

23 February 2018

  • Status on the FCA register became "Registered Account Information Service Provider"

FCA register

2017

19 October 2017

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

FCA register

2016

6 June 2016

  • North West 4 Digital General Partner Ltd gained significant control

Companies House

6 April 2016

  • Gli Finance Ltd became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Richard William Traynor became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2011

12 August 2011

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 52 events

  • All 52 events in its history (13 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 36
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  • 5 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 7 years of accounts, charted
  • All 52 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Funding Options Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Funding Options Limited (FRN 791902) is registered with the FCA and permitted to provide its regulated services.
What is Funding Options’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0333 344 1015 and the website fundingoptions.com for Funding Options. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Funding Options a scam or clone?
Funding Options is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Funding Options?
Protection depends on which product you hold and how Funding Options handles your money, so check the specific product before you commit. You can also refer complaints about Funding Options to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Funding Options?
Funding Options is owned by Tide Holdings Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 1 February 2023. Before that, it was controlled by North West 4 Digital General Partner Ltd, Mr Richard William Traynor and ING Bank N.V..
Who runs Funding Options?
Companies House lists 4 directors of Funding Options: Stuart Spencer Lawson, Oliver Rainer Andreas Prill (Dr), Matthew Tataryn and Shaun Stephen McCabe.
How long has Funding Options been in business?
The company was formed on 12 August 2011, and has held its current FCA authorisation since February 2018.
What do Funding Options’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show turnover of £19.5m (+120% from £8.88m) and profit before tax of £13.3m (+216% from £4.20m).
Does Funding Options use any other names?
It trades as BusinessLending.co.uk, Compare Funding and Funding Options by Tide. It has previously used the name Funding Options Ltd.

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