Mercia Business Loans Limited
Reference number: 443560
Instant download
Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
Check their details
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.
-
Verified website
-
Verified phone number
-
Verified address
Preston Technology Centre, Marsh Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 8UQ, United Kingdom
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 05566789
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 September 2005 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- Preston Technology Management Centre, Marsh Lane, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 8UQ
- Nature of business
-
- Activities of venture and development capital companies (SIC 64303)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clive Graham Downward | Director | Jul 1955 | 1 Apr 2007 |
| Martin James Glanfield | Director | Jan 1959 | 9 Mar 2016 |
| Mark Andrew Payton | Director | Apr 1967 | 9 Mar 2016 |
| Paul Cameron Taberner | Director | Oct 1964 | 9 May 2017 |
| James Francis Sly | Director | Jan 1992 | 18 May 2026 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments · Run or oversee funds FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
Show FCA detail (5 permissions)
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
Limits on what they may do
- This firm may handle your money in passing but must not hold it, so payments should go to the product provider, never to a personal account.
-
Venture Capital Business Only
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than Venture Capital business.
One supervisory condition set by the FCA
These are conditions the FCA places on the firm itself, covering things like capital it must hold and what it must report. They do not change what the firm may do for you.
- Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold)
The total value of assets under management by the firm must not exceed the relevant threshold as set out in Article 3(2) of AIFMD (as determined under Chapter II, section I of the AIFMD level 2 regulation). In the event that the relevant threshold is breached, the firm must submit an application for authorisation as a Full-scope UK AIFM to the FCA
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds 2 earlier registered names for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- EV Business Loans Limited
- Finance South Yorkshire Ltd
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired one trading name. If you were contacted under one of these, the name did belong to this firm, but check the current details above before going ahead.
Show the retired name
- Mercia Debt
Download this page as a PDF report
£5 for a clean, timestamped copy you can keep, file or send on. It also helps keep the site free to use and free of ads.
Instant download
Common questions