Authorised, but in an insolvency process
This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.
- No FCA actions
- Accounts filed up to 30 April 2025
- Company: in liquidation
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
- On its latest accounts it owed £19.1k more than it owned
What the FCA says
ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process
This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Wayne Macpherson, Louise Donna Baxter, BTG Begbies Traynor (Central) LLP, 1066 LONDON RD, Leigh On Sea, SS9 3NA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode SS9 3NA
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Kutchenhaus Wokingham Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- MARCHEEK LTD Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- KUTCHENHAUS WEST BYFLEET Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- Companies House records this company in liquidation, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 13347690 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 April 2021 (5 years old)
- Registered office
- Lynton House, 7-12 Tavistock Square, London, WC1H 9BQ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other construction installation (SIC 43290)
- specialised design activities (SIC 74100)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Isaac Marley Loftus-Cheek | Director | Jun 1994 | 20 Apr 2021 | 1 other company |
| Marc Gavin Maritz | Director | Nov 1963 | 18 May 2021 | 1 other company |
| Tony Maritz | Director | Feb 1987 | 18 May 2021 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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 3 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 3 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£19.1k
−126% from £72.6k
Cash at bank
£45.5k
−24% from £59.9k
Owed within a year
£284k
−20% from £356k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £19.1k more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 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 13347690. 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
Marcheek’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
31 October 2023
- Ruben Loftus-Cheek became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2021
5 October 2021
- Changed its registered name from "MARCHEEK LTD"
FCA register
4 October 2021
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1 August 2021
- Isaac Marley Loftus-Cheek stopped being a part-owner
- Marc Gavin Maritz stopped being a part-owner
- Tony Maritz stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
22 June 2021
- Marc Gavin Maritz became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Tony Maritz became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
20 April 2021
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Isaac Marley Loftus-Cheek became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 19 events
- All 19 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Marcheek
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Marcheek. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Marcheek
Other firms of the same type (home improvement or trades), nearest first.
In the Southend-on-Sea (SS) postcode area
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 19 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk