SME Asset Finance Limited
Reference number: 947080
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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.
Responsible principal firm
Metro Bank PLC Reference number: 488982 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.
- SME Asset Finance Limited (FRN 947080) is an AR of Metro Bank PLC (FRN 488982). When you use SME Asset Finance's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from SME Asset Finance, 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.
This company holds another FCA record
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
1 Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When metrobankonline.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01483 445544 is
- Who else gives the postcode WC1B 5HA
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Metro Bank Asset Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Metro Bank PLC, 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
- 03391275 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 June 1997 (29 years old)
- Registered office
- One, Southampton Row, London, WC1B 5HA
- 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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| Daniel Sweeney Frumkin | Director | Jun 1964 | 1 Jan 2020 | 5 other companies |
| Andy Veares | Director | Mar 1963 | 5 Jun 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Marc Stephen Page | Director | Dec 1973 | 15 Oct 2024 | 8 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 9
- closed down
- 1
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 9 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 21 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
SME Asset Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
15 March 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Sme Invoice Finance Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
31 July 2013
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
1997
24 June 1997
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 42 events
- All 42 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 37
Firms connected to SME Asset Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with SME Asset Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like SME Asset Finance
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 42 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