Vip Gateway Limited
Reference number: 619198
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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
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Phone number
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Address
VIP Gateway, Suite 14.2, Blue Tower, Media City, Salford, Greater Manchester, M50 2ST, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When vipgateway.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0161 814 9623 is
- Who else gives the postcode M50 2ST
Other names (8)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Car Leasing Contracts Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- carleasingcontracts.com Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Gateway Car Leasing Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- gatewaycarleasing.co.uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Gateway Finance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Planet Car Finance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- planetcarfinance.co.uk Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- vanleasingcontracts.com Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
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
- 08919886 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 March 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Spring Court Spring Road, Hale, Altrincham, WA14 2UQ, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Hart-Mears | Director | Feb 1990 | 3 Mar 2014 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£722k
+57% from £460k
Cash at bank
£1.42m
+149% from £569k
Employees (average)
42
+45% from 29
Owed within a year
£1.30m
+101% from £647k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08919886. 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
Vip Gateway’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
11 November 2025
- Luke Hart-Mears gave up control
- Mearox Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Luke Hart-Mears took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
28 June 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
20 June 2014
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
3 March 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 26 events
- All 26 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to Vip Gateway
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Vip Gateway. 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
Firms like Vip Gateway
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Salford
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 26 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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