Tesco Personal Finance Limited

Reference number: 186022

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Scammers have impersonated this firm. The FCA has published 3 warnings naming the fake phone numbers, emails and websites they used. See the warnings →

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 tescoinsurance.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 07532 088800 is, and the other firm that gives it
  • Who else gives the postcode EH12 9FQ
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Other names (33)

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

  • Tesco Insurance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • TPF Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Tesco Personal Finance Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
  • Tesco Personal Finance PLC Former name: A name it was registered under before.
  • Buy Now Pay Later Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Bank Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Banking and Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Breakdown Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Breakdown Assistance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Breakdown Cover Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Buy Now Pay Later Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Cards Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Car Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Clubcard Credit Card Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Credit Card Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Credit Cards Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Dental Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Finance and Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Finance & Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Finest Home Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Health Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Home Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Life Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Loans Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Master Card Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Motor Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Payment Protection Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Pet Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Standard Home Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Travel Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Value Home Insurance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Tesco Visa Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.

Warning

Scammers have impersonated this firm

Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.

Fake phone numbers (3)
  • 0345 066 1214
  • 0345 066 1231
  • 0800 069 8422
Fake email addresses (4)
  • bondoffer@tescofixedincome.com
  • care@tesco4finance.com
  • info@tescofixedrate.com
  • micheal.astley@tescofixedbonds.com
Fake websites (7)
  • tesco2finance.com
  • tesco4finance.com
  • tescobank.com.fixed-rate-saver.in
  • tescofixedbonds.com
  • tescofixedrate.com
  • tescofixedratebonds.email
  • tescosavingsrates.com
The 3 FCA warnings these came from

Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may apply
    Eligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
  • Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may apply
    Eligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
  • 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.
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  • Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
  • Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
  • Credit Broking
  • Dealing in investments as agent
  • 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)
  • Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments

Limits on what they may do

  • Access to the electoral register
    The firm shall access the full electoral register, where this is the most cost-effective way of verifying identity for anti-money laundering purposes and will not prejudice the interests of the customer, in order to carry out the current customer review exercise.

FCA disciplinary action and Ombudsman complaints

Ombudsman complaints

new complaints, January–June 2025
48
upheld, against a 31% median
13%
about banking and credit
37

A bigger firm gets more complaints simply because it has more customers. With this few, one case moves the upheld rate a lot.

Customer compensation schemes

The FCA has ordered this firm to review past sales and pay back customers who lost out.

  • January 2015 To address possible selling issues affecting customers who purchased Card Security Products provided by Affinion International Limited, where the sale (or renewal) of such products was on or after 14 January 2005 and…
  • August 2013 Following a finding of mis-selling against Card Protection Plan Limited ('CPPL'), in respect of those customers who were mis-sold policies.
The FCA's wording
  • Amendment to a consumer redress exercise
    The Requirements became effective on 27 January 2015 and were supplemented on 15 May 2015. The Requirements shall be supplemented as follows: The definition of 'Scheme of Arrangement' at paragraph 1.33 of the Requirements shall mean the solvent scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 described more particularly in Annex 1 hereto and all references in the Requirements to ”Scheme Document shall be references to the Scheme of Arrangement in Annex 1 hereto. Changes to the Scheme of Arrangement originally appended to the Requirements are highlighted through underlined or struck through text. Paragraph 5.1 of Part 3 of Annex B of the Requirements shall be amended so as to read as follows: If a Scheme Creditor disagrees with the amount of compensation payable to him, he may initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure to refer the dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator, provided he does so within the time limits specified in Clauses 4.6 and 4.9 of the Scheme Document. If a Scheme Creditor disagrees with the rejection of his Claim Form by the Scheme Administrators, and provided that the Claim Form was received on or before 15 November 2016, he may initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure to refer the dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator, provided he does so within the time limits specified in Clauses 4.8 to 4.10 of the Scheme Document.
  • Amendment to a consumer redress exercise
    The Requirements became effective on 13 August 2013. The Requirements shall be supplemented as follows: The definition of 'Scheme of Arrangement' at paragraph 1.28 of the Requirements shall mean the solvent scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 as sanctioned by the Court on 14 January 2014 (as subsequently modified in accordance with its terms) and as described more particularly in Annex 1 to this Supplemental Requirement. Changes to the Scheme of Arrangement as appended to Part 1 of Annex C to the Requirements are highlighted through underlined or struck through text. All references in the Requirements to ”Scheme Document shall be references to the Scheme of Arrangement described more particularly in Annex 1 hereto. Paragraph 5.1 of Part 3 of Annex C of the Requirements shall be amended so as to read as follows: If a Scheme Creditor disagrees with the amount of compensation payable to him, he may initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure to refer the dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator, provided he does so within the time limits specified in Clauses 4.5 and 4.8 of the Scheme Document. If a Scheme Creditor disagrees with the rejection of his Claim Form by the Scheme Administrators, and provided that the Claim Form was received on or before 22 July 2016, he may initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure to refer the dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator, provided he does so within the time limits specified in Clauses 4.7 to 4.9 of the Scheme Document.
  • Amendment to a consumer redress exercise
    Supplemental Requirements 6. The Requirements shall be supplemented as follows: 6.1 A new paragraph 1.21(A) be inserted as follows: 'Extreme Distressed Suppression Population' means Scheme Creditors in respect of whom Schemeco and/or the Scheme Administrators receive a direct communication, in writing or otherwise, from: 1.21(A).1 that Scheme Creditor expressly requesting that no further communication be sent to that Scheme Creditor in connection with the Scheme of Arrangement; or 1.21(A).2 a third party on behalf of a Scheme Creditor stating that the Scheme Creditor is deceased and requesting that no further communication be sent to that Scheme Creditor in connection with the Scheme of Arrangement (provided that the Scheme Administrators are reasonably satisfied that the third party is authorised by law to make such a request on behalf of the Scheme Creditor), and in each case the Scheme Administrators reasonably determine at their discretion on the information available to them that the sending of further communications in connection with the Scheme to the Scheme Creditor will or will be reasonably likely to cause distress or harm.. 6.2 The definition of 'Scheme of Arrangement' at paragraph 1.33 shall mean the solvent scheme of arrangement under Part 26 of the Companies Act 2006 described more particularly in Annex 1 hereto and all references in the Requirements to Scheme Document shall be references to the scheme of arrangement in Annex 1 hereto. Scheme Claims Decisioning Procedures 7. The requirements set out in Annex B to the Requirements be supplemented by inserting a new paragraph 5.2 at Part 3 of Annex B as follows: 5.2 Certain time limits apply where Scheme Creditors wish to initiate the Dispute Resolution Procedure or (as part of the Dispute Resolution Procedure) to refer a dispute to the Scheme Adjudicator. These are set out in Clauses 4.6, 4.8, 4.9 and 7.1 of the Scheme of Arrangement.
  • Firm must undertake a consumer redress exercise
    The firm is required to establish and operate a consumer redress scheme following a finding of mis-selling against Card Protection Plan Limited ('CPPL'), in respect of those customers who were mis-sold policies. 'Policies' (or 'policy') means CPPL's Card Protection Product, where the sale (or renewal) was on or after 14 January 2005 and was before the relevant Amendment Date (as defined in the scheme documentation); and/or CPPL's Identity Protection Product, where the sale (or renewal) was on or after 14 January 2005 and the sale was by telephone. The amount of redress may be calculated to off-set any claims made under the policy. This customer redress scheme must be implemented no later than 30 April 2014. Such consumer redress scheme shall be binding on the Financial Ombudsman Service. Further details are available on the FCA website: www.fca.org.uk
  • Firm must undertake a consumer redress exercise
    The firm is required to establish and operate a consumer redress scheme scheme to address possible selling issues affecting customers who purchased Card Security Products provided by Affinion International Limited, where the sale (or renewal) of such products was on or after 14 January 2005 and was before the relevant Amendment Date (as defined in the scheme documentation). For full terms see the scheme documentation: www.aischeme.co.uk. The amount of redress may be calculated to off-set any insurance claims made under the Card Security Products. This consumer redress scheme must be implemented no later than 31 October 2015. This consumer redress scheme shall be binding on the Financial Ombudsman Service. Further details are also available on the FCA website: www.fca.org.uk/affinion-scheme.

Companies House record

The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.

Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
5 March 1997 (29 years old)
Registered office
2 South Gyle Crescent, Edinburgh, EH12 9FQ, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Elizabeth Mary Buckley Director Aug 1968 9 Dec 2021 5 other companies
Gillian Barbara Cass Director Mar 1976 29 Nov 2024 7 other companies
Peter Damien Manchester Director Aug 1962 23 Jan 2025 None
Craig Peter Bundell Director Jan 1981 4 Jul 2025 2 other companies
Julie Louise Currie Director Mar 1974 31 Oct 2025 8 other companies
Gary John Charles Reader Director Sep 1963 2 May 2026 1 other company
Jonathan Paul Greenwood Director Mar 1968 1 Jul 2026 1 other company
Gail Evelyn Stivey Secretary Not published 4 Jul 2025 –

Other companies run by these 7 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
16
still active
15
went insolvent
1

In the full report: all 16 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • The one that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 4 on the FCA register
  • The 2 companies these 7 directors run together
  • All 74 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Key dates in its history

Tesco Personal Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2024

9 December 2024

  • Changed its registered name from "Tesco Personal Finance PLC"

FCA register

1 November 2024

  • No longer regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority

FCA register · Companies House

2017

10 March 2017

  • FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm

FCA warning list

2016

6 April 2016

  • Tesco Personal Finance Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2015

27 January 2015

  • FCA ordered a customer compensation scheme

FCA register

2013

22 August 2013

  • FCA ordered a customer compensation scheme

FCA register

1 April 2013

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date

FCA register

2009

11 February 2009

  • Changed its registered name from "Tesco Personal Finance Ltd"

FCA register

2003

28 August 2003

  • FCA imposed a requirement (Access to the electoral register)

FCA register

2001

1 December 2001

  • Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
  • Became authorised by the FCA

FCA register

1998

1 June 1998

  • Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date

FCA register

1997

5 March 1997

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 231 events

  • All 231 events in its history (14 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 147
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Firms connected to Tesco Personal Finance

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

connected firms
3
share a director
3
share its phone number
1

In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (3), the same phone number (1)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
  • 1 past link through former directors
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Firms like Tesco Personal Finance

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  • 16 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 231 events in its history
  • 3 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Tesco Personal Finance Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Tesco Personal Finance Limited (FRN 186022) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since December 2001 and works as a lender. The FCA has placed a limit on what it may do.
What is Tesco Personal Finance’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 07532 088800 and the website tescoinsurance.com for Tesco Personal Finance. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by one other FCA firm.
Is Tesco Personal Finance a scam or clone?
Scammers have impersonated Tesco Personal Finance: the FCA has published 3 warnings about fake versions of it, using contact details that are not the firm's. Only trust the details the FCA register gives for Tesco Personal Finance, shown on this page.
Is my money safe with Tesco Personal Finance?
It may control client money but not hold it. It depends on the product, but eligible claims may be protected by the FSCS. You can also refer complaints about Tesco Personal Finance to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Tesco Personal Finance?
Tesco Personal Finance is owned by Tesco Personal Finance Group Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 6 April 2016.
Who runs Tesco Personal Finance?
Companies House lists 7 directors of Tesco Personal Finance: Elizabeth Mary Buckley, Gillian Barbara Cass, Peter Damien Manchester, Craig Peter Bundell, Julie Louise Currie, Gary John Charles Reader and 1 more.
How long has Tesco Personal Finance been in business?
The company was formed on 5 March 1997, and has held its current FCA authorisation since December 2001.
How many complaints does Tesco Personal Finance get?
In January–June 2025, the Financial Ombudsman Service received 48 new complaints about Tesco Personal Finance, and upheld 13% of those it decided.
Does Tesco Personal Finance use any other names?
It trades as Tesco Insurance and TPF. It has previously used 31 other names, including Tesco Personal Finance Ltd, Tesco Personal Finance PLC and Buy Now Pay Later.

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