Wiseman Finance Limited
Reference number: 798352
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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.
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Phone number
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Address
3A Marston House, Banbury Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5SR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When wiseman.finance first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0330 113 3093 is
- Who else gives the postcode OX7 5SR
Other names (19)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
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- Black Taxi Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Business Loans Company Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- car2finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Finance4Forestry Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Forestry Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- MileOak Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Plant2finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Plant Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- recoverytruckfinance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- theloanscompany Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Loans Company (business loans only) Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- towtruckfinance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- truck2finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- wisebusinessloans.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Wisemanbusinessloans.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Loxwood Finance Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Leaf Finance Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Leaf Money 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 (1)
- 07399 075426
Fake email addresses (1)
- elmwoodassetfinance@gmail.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Elmwood Asset Finance 5 September 2023
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 11060395 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 13 November 2017 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- 3a Marston House Cromwell Park, Banbury Road, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, OX7 5SR, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Wiseman | Director | Oct 1980 | 6 Dec 2017 | 5 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£61.1k
−6.1% from £65.1k
Cash at bank
£83.6k
+24% from £67.7k
Employees (average)
6
+50% from 4
Owed within a year
£101k
+19% from £84.3k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11060395. 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
Wiseman Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
5 September 2023
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2018
9 April 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
16 March 2018
- Changed its registered name from "Loxwood Finance Ltd"
FCA register
2017
13 November 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Lee Wiseman took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 32 events
- All 32 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Wiseman Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Wiseman Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Wiseman Finance
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Chipping Norton
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 32 events in its history
- 5 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
- FCA warning: Elmwood Asset Finance fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk