Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 21 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1984
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
MEADOW GROUP SERVICES LIMITED Reference number: 306815 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Pentagon Vehicle Rentals Limited (FRN 404180) is an AR of MEADOW GROUP SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 306815). When you use Pentagon Vehicle Rentals's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Pentagon Vehicle Rentals, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Pentagon Vehicle Rentals Limited, 12 Chequers Road, Derby, Derbyshire, DE21 6EN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01332 268209 is
- Who else gives the postcode DE21 6EN
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Meadow Group Services Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 01796301 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 March 1984 (42 years old)
- Registered office
- 12 Chequers Road, Derby, DE21 6EN
- Nature of business
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- Sale of other motor vehicles (SIC 45190)
- Renting and leasing of trucks and other heavy vehicles (SIC 77120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Edward Marshall | Director | Jul 1963 | 13 Mar 1996 | 11 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
- 11
- closed down
- 1
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£837k
+5.5% from £793k
Cash at bank
£515k
−61% from £1.31m
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£8.50m
−28% from £11.7m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 01796301. 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
Pentagon Vehicle Rentals’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
20 September 2024
- Ian Edward Marshall no longer has significant control
- Judith Ann Wright no longer has significant control
- Matthew Edward Marshall no longer has significant control
- Sarah Ann Robson no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
16 November 2016
- Ian Edward Marshall gained significant control
- Judith Ann Wright gained significant control
- Matthew Edward Marshall gained significant control
- Sarah Ann Robson gained significant control
Companies House
16 October 2016
- Pentagon Investments Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2005
14 January 2005
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
1984
1 March 1984
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to Pentagon Vehicle Rentals
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Pentagon Vehicle Rentals. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Pentagon Vehicle Rentals
Other firms of the same type (car dealer), nearest first.
In the Derby (DE) postcode area
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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 20 events in its history
- 4 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