Merlin Cycles Limited
Reference number: 662579
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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
Unit A4, Buckshaw Link, Ordnance Road, Buckshaw Village, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 7EL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When merlincycles.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01772 440194 is
- Who else gives the postcode PR7 7EL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit 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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- Credit Broking
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
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Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 02826103 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 June 1993 (33 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) (SIC 47789)
- Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet (SIC 47910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew James Oldham | Director | Jun 1971 | 7 Apr 2022 | 1 other company |
| CYCLEFUSION GMBH | Corporate director | Not published | 7 Apr 2022 | None |
Other companies run by these 2 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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£4.58m
+47% from £3.11m
Net assets
£7.11m
−56% from £16.0m
Cash at bank
£407k
−58% from £959k
Owed within a year
£2.05m
−1.4% from £2.08m
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £24.5m, for the year to 31 December 2024.
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
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 02826103. 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
Merlin Cycles’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
7 April 2022
- Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2016
6 August 2016
- Absolut Bikes UK Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
28 January 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1993
11 June 1993
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms like Merlin Cycles
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In Chorley
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
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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