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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Phone number
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Address
9 The Parks, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside, WA12 0JQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When glensidefinance.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01942 466035 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA12 0JQ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Glenside Motor Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Glenside Finance Ltd. Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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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- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- 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
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
- 02468136 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 February 1990 (36 years old)
- Registered office
- 9 The Parks, Newton-Le-Willows, WA12 0JQ, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Alan Hopton | Director | Jun 1966 | 29 Jun 2020 | 18 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 18
- closed down
- 15
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 18 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£694k
−7.2% from £747k
Cash at bank
£24.3k
−50% from £48.8k
Owed within a year
£1.23m
−51% from £2.53m
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 02468136. 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
Glenside Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
5 October 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Glenside Finance Ltd."
FCA register
2018
14 June 2018
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
- Glenside Leasing And Asset Finance (Holdings)Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- James Norman Pike no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
20 September 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
6 April 2016
- James Norman Pike gained significant control
Companies House
1990
7 February 1990
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to Glenside Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Glenside Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Glenside Finance
Other firms of the same type (lender), nearest first.
In Newton-le-Willows
In the Warrington (WA) postcode area
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- 18 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 22 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