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
Multi-Hire (Power Tools) Ltd, Black Bear Bridge, Knutsford Road, Warrington, WA4 1HN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When multi-hire.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0345 561 3633 is
- Who else gives the postcode WA4 1HN
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.
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.
- Company number
- 01895660 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 March 1985 (41 years old)
- Registered office
- Black Bear Bridge, Knutsford, Road, Warrington, Cheshire, WA4 1HN
- Nature of business
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- Wholesale of hardware, plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (SIC 46740)
- Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment (SIC 77320)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew John Harrison | Director | Jun 1957 | 13 Feb 2008 | 2 other companies |
| Andrew John Harrison | Secretary | Not published | 7 Sep 2009 | 2 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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£279k
−29% from £394k
Cash at bank
£117
−99% from £9,354
Owed within a year
£1.16m
+20% from £967k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 01895660. 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
Multi-Hire Power Tools’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
13 May 2025
- Andrew John Harrison stopped being a part-owner
- Luke Andrew Harrison stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2022
28 June 2022
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Andrew John Harrison became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Andrew John Harrison gained significant control
- Luke Andrew Harrison became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2008
13 February 2008
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1985
14 March 1985
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 19 events
- All 19 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
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- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 19 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