Praetura Asset Finance Limited
Reference number: 737408
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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
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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Phone number
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Address
Ewood House, Walker Industrial Estate, Walker Road, Guide, Blackburn, Lancashire, BB1 2QE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When praeturaaf.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 323 7800 is
- Who else gives the postcode BB1 2QE
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Praetura Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Praetura Direct Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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
Limits on what they may do
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Not permitted to canvass off trade premises
The firm is not permitted to canvass regulated borrower-lender-supplier agreements or regulated consumer hire agreements off trade premises
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
- 08426091 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 March 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- Ewood House Walker Road, Guide, Blackburn, BB1 2QE, 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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| Michael Ian Dalzell | Director | Feb 1962 | 18 Oct 2016 | 6 other companies |
| Jack Daniel Summers | Director | Sep 1984 | 27 Nov 2017 | 13 other companies |
| Richard Simmons | Director | Feb 1978 | 15 Dec 2017 | None |
| Peadar James O'Reilly | Director | Nov 1976 | 8 Feb 2019 | 85 other companies |
| Daniel Adam Heald | Director | Feb 1976 | 20 Jun 2022 | None |
| Michael Philip Mcclelland | Director | Nov 1962 | 20 Apr 2023 | 3 other companies |
| Neil Andrew Mellor | Secretary | Not published | 29 Apr 2026 | – |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 89
- closed down
- 40
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 89 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 12 companies these 6 directors run together
- All 13 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Praetura Asset Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
22 April 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not permitted to canvass off trade premises)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Praetura Asset Finance (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 March 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 31 events
- All 31 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 22
Firms connected to Praetura Asset Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Praetura Asset Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 3
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Praetura Asset Finance
Other firms of the same type (car leasing or hire), nearest first.
In the Blackburn (BB) postcode area
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- 89 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 31 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