Vanliners Limited

Reference number: 992382

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Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

SME HCI Limited Reference number: 626422 Authorised View firm →
What does this mean?
  • An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
  • Vanliners Limited (FRN 992382) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Vanliners.
  • Example: if Vanliners refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Vanliners itself.
  • 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.

Website, phone number and address

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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When vanliners.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 4399 842 is
  • Who else gives the postcode WN2 4HR
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FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through SME HCI Limited, 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, free
    You 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
05161539
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
23 June 2004 (22 years old)
Registered office
Unit 3 Ormside Close, Hindley Green, Wigan, WN2 4HR, England
Nature of business
  • Manufacture of other parts and accessories for motor vehicles (SIC 29320)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Janine Rees Director Jul 1973 1 May 2018 6 other companies
Shaun Paul Taylor Director Oct 1974 13 Jan 2020 None
Louis David Rees Director Jul 2000 22 Jun 2022 None

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
6
closed down
2
still active
4

In the full report: all 6 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
  • All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsAudited

Profit before tax

£254k

−71% from £885k

Net assets

£4.61m

+3.4% from £4.46m

Cash at bank

£454k

+95% from £233k

Owed within a year

£2.06m

−27% from £2.83m

The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £13.3m, for the year to 31 December 2024.

Turnover and profit

In the full report: all 6 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2019 to 2025
  • Both charts, 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 05161539. 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

Vanliners’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (7) All events (20)

2023

24 February 2023

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2019

1 November 2019

  • David Rees stopped being a part-owner
  • Janine Rees stopped being a part-owner
  • Vanliners Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2017

24 October 2017

  • Janine Rees became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2016

19 September 2016

  • David Rees became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

2004

23 June 2004

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 20 events

  • All 20 events in its history (7 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 13
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  • 6 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 6 years of accounts, charted
  • All 20 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Vanliners Limited FCA authorised?
Vanliners Limited (FRN 992382) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Vanliners?
An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own. Vanliners Limited (FRN 992382) introduces customers to SME HCI Limited (FRN 626422). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Vanliners. Example: if Vanliners refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Vanliners itself. 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.
What is Vanliners’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 4399 842 and the website vanliners.co.uk for Vanliners. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Vanliners a scam or clone?
Vanliners 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 Vanliners?
Protection works through SME HCI Limited, the principal firm responsible for Vanliners's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Vanliners?
Vanliners is owned by Vanliners Holdings Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 1 November 2019. Before that, it was controlled by Mrs Janine Rees and Mr David Rees.
Who runs Vanliners?
Companies House lists 3 directors of Vanliners: Janine Rees, Shaun Paul Taylor and Louis David Rees.
How long has Vanliners been in business?
The company was formed on 23 June 2004.
What do Vanliners’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show profit before tax of £254k (−71% from £885k) and net assets of £4.61m (+3.4% from £4.46m).

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