Merchant Rentals Limited
Reference number: 720500
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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
Merchant Rentals Ltd, 6 Galway Crescent, Haydock, St. Helens, WA11 0GR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When merchantrentals.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01942 407980 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA11 0GR
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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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- Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
- 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
- 04443310 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 May 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 The Boulevard,, Shire Park, Welwyn Garden City, AL7 1EL, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial leasing (SIC 64910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Mark David Latham | Director | Sep 1979 | 3 Feb 2021 | 1 other company |
| David Robert Harding | Director | Aug 1974 | 14 Aug 2023 | 46 other companies |
| David Henshaw | Director | Oct 1973 | 18 Sep 2023 | 1 other company |
| Elliot John James Houghton | Director | Jan 1988 | 12 May 2026 | 3 other companies |
| INDIGO CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 22 Jan 2024 | – |
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
- 49
- closed down
- 23
- are FCA-registered
- 7
In the full report: all 49 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 7 on the FCA register, including 4 no longer authorised
- The 1 company these 4 directors run together
- All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£8.07m
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Profit before tax
£3.25m
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Net assets
£6.12m
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Cash at bank
£403k
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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 04443310. 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
Merchant Rentals’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
3 February 2021
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 4 new directors took over
- Andrew John Peake stopped being the majority owner
- Paulus Reginaldus Van Vliet stopped being a part-owner
- Paypoint PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2019
27 June 2019
- Paulus Reginaldus Van Vliet became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
21 May 2017
- Andrew John Peake became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2016
27 February 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2002
21 May 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 39 events
- All 39 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 28
Firms connected to Merchant Rentals
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Merchant Rentals. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 7
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 7
In the full report: all 7 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (7), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Merchant Rentals
Other firms of the same type (car leasing or hire), nearest first.
In St. Helens
In the Warrington (WA) postcode area
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- 49 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 39 events in its history
- 7 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