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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
29 North Parade, Aberystwyth, Sir Ceredigion, SY23 2JN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01686 626019 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SY23 2JN
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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- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit 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
- 00844052 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 April 1965 (61 years old)
- Registered office
- 29 North Parade, Aberystwyth, Ceredigion, SY23 2JN
- Nature of business
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- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Gary Sadler | Director | Feb 1959 | 3 Apr 2008 | 4 other companies |
| Benjamin Gary Sadler | Director | Mar 1984 | 28 Jul 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Stephen Gary Sadler | Secretary | Not published | 29 Jan 2024 | – |
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 companies
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 5 companies, 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
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£84.6k
+241% from £24.8k
Cash at bank
£8,150
−74% from £31.5k
Employees (average)
2
−33% from 3
Owed within a year
£154k
+192% from £52.9k
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 00844052. 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
Rees Astley Credit’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
7 October 2019
- 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
2016
6 April 2016
- Rees Astley (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
3 April 2008
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1965
1 April 1965
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to Rees Astley Credit
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Rees Astley Credit. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Rees Astley Credit
Other firms of the same type (lender), nearest first.
In Aberystwyth
In the Shrewsbury (SY) postcode area
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 events in its history
- 2 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