Oodle Financial Services Limited
Reference number: 702459
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
Check their details
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Oodle Car Finance, City Tower, Piccadilly Plaza, Manchester, M1 4BT, United Kingdom
- Oodle
- Oodle Car Finance
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 07277272
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 June 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 New Bailey, 6 Stanley Street, Salford, M3 5GS, England
- Nature of business
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- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Charles Llewellyn Clayton | Director | Dec 1972 | 10 Feb 2016 |
| James Desmond O'Shea | Director | Feb 1956 | 11 Sep 2020 |
| Luke Anton Wiseman | Director | May 1967 | 18 Oct 2021 |
| Nancy Cruickshank | Director | Dec 1970 | 18 Oct 2021 |
| Richard Colin Gaskin | Director | Nov 1965 | 19 Aug 2022 |
| Anirban Ghosh | Director | Mar 1987 | 7 Jun 2023 |
| John Patrick Stein | Director | Dec 1984 | 10 May 2024 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
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- Credit Broking
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- 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)
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
What customers have complained about
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds one earlier registered name for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- FIRST CHOICE WITH LOANS LIMITED
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired 3 trading names. 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 names
- Oodle Cars
- Oodlecars.com
- Oodle Finance
Complaints record
In January–June 2025, the Financial Ombudsman Service received 1,122 new complaints about this firm, and upheld 15% of the ones it decided.
That is below the 31% median for the firms the Ombudsman reports on.
- Banking and credit 1,119
- Insurance 3
A bigger firm receives more complaints simply because it has more customers. FOS complaints data →
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