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
Unit 10, Leatherline House, 71 Narrow Lane, Leicester, LE2 8NA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07505 353497 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode LE2 8NA
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Financial Resolver Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Home Disrepair Specialists Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Claims management No FSCS coverMoney you pay a claims company is not FSCS protected, but FCA rules cap what it may charge you for a financial services claim. Complaints about this firm go to the Financial Ombudsman Service free of charge.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Limits on what they may do
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Winding up of PPI claims activities
REQUIREMENT 1: With effect from the effective date, the firm shall not carry on any regulated claims management activity, other than permitted activities. REQUIREMENT 2: The firm shall provide to the FCA every three calendar months, commencing on the effective date, or within such period as the FCA may reasonably require, the following information: a. the number of claims or potential claims closed in the previous three months; b. the total number of the firm’s customers with open/active claims or potential claims, as at the date of reporting; REQUIREMENT 3: The firm shall inform the FCA no later than seven days after it has ceased carrying on claims management activities (i.e. once it has ceased offering advice, investigation or representation in relation to claims or potential claims in). Within 10 working days of the notification above, the firm shall submit a cancellation of its Part 4A permissions. DEFINITIONS: The definitions below are used in this application: “the Act” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000; “effective date” means the date on which the requirements below come into effect (see paragraph 5 below). “FCA” means the body corporate previously known as the Financial Services Authority and renamed on 1 April 2013 as the Financial Conduct Authority; “the firm” means Mac Fin Consulting Ltd; “the Handbook” means the FCA’s Handbook of rules and guidance; “legal practitioners” has the same meaning as the definition given in Article 89N(2) and Article 89N(4) of the RAO; “permitted activities” means Claims management activities when carried on in relation to relevant claimants; and “claims management activities” means the regulated activity specified in Article 89I of the RAO (Advice, investigation or representation in relation to financial services or financial product claim) when that activity is carried on in relation to claims or potential claims; “the RAO” means the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (Regulated Activities) Order 2001 (S.I. 2001/544) as amended by SI 2018/1253; “relevant claimant” means a claimant with whom the firm entered into an agreement on or before the effective date in relation to the carrying of claims management activities; and “Seeking out, identification and referral activity” means the regulated activity specified in Article 89G of the RAO (Seeking out, referrals and identification of claims or potential claims).
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
- 07782966 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 September 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 10 Leatherline Business Centre, 71 Narrow Lane, Leicester, LE2 8NA
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Mark Anthony Cleary | Director | Mar 1975 | 22 Sep 2011 | 8 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
- 8
- closed down
- 5
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 8 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
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£569
−98% from £30.3k
Owed within a year
£104k
−11% from £117k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 07782966. 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
Mac Fin Consulting’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
3 June 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Winding up of PPI claims activities)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2019
31 March 2019
- No longer regulated by the Claims Management Regulator
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Mark Anthony Cleary took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
5 May 2013
- Regulated by the Claims Management Regulator from this date
FCA register
2011
22 September 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Mac Fin Consulting
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Mac Fin Consulting. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Mac Fin Consulting
Other firms of the same type (claims management firm), nearest first.
In Leicester
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 events in its history
- 2 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