Shire Professional Funding Limited

Reference number: 679492

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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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When shirepf.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01827 300095 is
  • Who else gives the postcode WA16 7GY
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Other names (3)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Shire Professions Finance Trading name
  • Shire Patient Finance Former trading name
  • Shire Professional Former trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Lend or arrange credit No FSCS cover
    Consumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (6 permissions)
  • Credit Broking
  • Debt Adjusting
  • Debt Administration
  • Debt-counselling
  • 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)
  • 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

  • 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
07121815
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
11 January 2010 (16 years old)
Registered office
First Floor, Orion House, Orion Way, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NN15 6PE, England
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Craig Reid Director May 1984 19 May 2022 None
Stuart Burn Director Jan 1968 19 Oct 2026 None
Stacey Wedge-Pywell Director Dec 1977 19 Oct 2026 None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

  • Confirmation that these 3 directors run no other company
  • All 6 people who have been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2025Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

£441k

+48% from £298k

Cash at bank

£330k

+5% from £314k

Employees (average)

13

+18% from 11

Owed within a year

£277k

−20% from £347k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 4 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2022 to 2025
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 07121815. 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

Shire Professional Funding’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (11) All events (28)

2026

19 October 2026

  • John Worton stopped being a part-owner
  • Martin Edward Smith stopped being a part-owner
  • Martyn Forrester Jones stopped being a part-owner
  • Performance Finance Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2019

29 October 2019

  • Martyn Forrester Jones became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2016

6 April 2016

  • John Worton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Martin Edward Smith became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

4 February 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

2010

11 January 2010

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 28 events

  • All 28 events in its history (11 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 9
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Firms connected to Shire Professional Funding

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Shire Professional Funding. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm
1
share its postcode
1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

  • How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
  • Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like Shire Professional Funding

Other firms of the same type (debt collector), nearest first.

In the Warrington (WA) postcode area

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  • Every company its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 4 years of accounts, charted
  • All 28 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Shire Professional Funding Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Shire Professional Funding Limited (FRN 679492) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since February 2016 and works as a debt collector. The FCA has placed a limit on what it may do.
What is Shire Professional Funding’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01827 300095 and the website shirepf.co.uk for Shire Professional Funding. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Shire Professional Funding a scam or clone?
Shire Professional Funding is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Shire Professional Funding?
Its FCA permissions do not allow it to hold or control client money. Protection depends on which product you hold and how Shire Professional Funding handles your money, so check the specific product before you commit. You can also refer complaints about Shire Professional Funding to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Shire Professional Funding?
Shire Professional Funding is owned by Performance Finance Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 19 October 2026. Before that, it was controlled by Martyn Forrester Jones, Mr John Worton and Mr Martin Edward Smith.
Who runs Shire Professional Funding?
Companies House lists 3 directors of Shire Professional Funding: Craig Reid, Stuart Burn and Stacey Wedge-Pywell.
How long has Shire Professional Funding been in business?
The company was formed on 11 January 2010, and has held its current FCA authorisation since February 2016.
What do Shire Professional Funding’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2025, show net assets of £441k (+48% from £298k) and cash at bank of £330k (+5% from £314k).
Does Shire Professional Funding use any other names?
It trades as Shire Professions Finance. It has previously used 2 other names: Shire Patient Finance and Shire Professional.

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