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ADVANTAGE FINANCE LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03773673
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1999-05-14
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-01-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 64921
- Hubs
- UK Fintech
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the Annual Report and Financial Statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Advantage Motor Finance Limited · 1% held · England and Wales · Dormant
Significant events
- “Advantage identified some customers who were adversely affected by its historic forbearance practices and have provided for total remediation and support costs of £2.7m as an exceptional item in this year's accounts.”
- “The voluntary regulatory restriction was lifted in October 2024 and the regulatory S166 review was completed in April 2025”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
14 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BHOGAL, Manjeet Kaur | Secretary | 2025-05-30 | — | — |
| BURTON, Beverley Ann | Director | 2006-10-05 | Aug 1961 | British |
| CHARLTON, Keith James | Director | 2002-04-09 | Nov 1965 | British |
| COOMBS, Anthony Michael Vincent | Director | 1999-05-14 | Nov 1952 | British |
| COOMBS, Graham Derek Clifford | Director | 1999-05-14 | Nov 1952 | British |
| DOWNING, John Antony | Director | 2020-05-06 | Apr 1981 | British |
| DOWNING, Lynn | Director | 2023-01-17 | Apr 1981 | English |
| FRECKELTON, Chris Keith | Director | 2025-08-08 | Jan 1989 | British |
| GREENSIDES, Nicholas David | Director | 2019-02-06 | Feb 1987 | British |
| MURDOCH, James | Director | 2007-02-01 | Jul 1967 | British |
| SANDIFORD, David | Director | 2017-02-06 | Nov 1969 | English |
| TUPLIN, Alan | Director | 2006-10-05 | Apr 1969 | British |
| VESSEY, David William | Director | 2019-02-06 | Apr 1987 | English |
| WERNER, Karl Donald | Director | 2023-12-05 | Apr 1972 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MAIDEN, Edward David | Secretary | 1999-05-14 | 2004-03-01 |
| REDFORD, Christopher Hugh | Secretary | 2004-03-01 | 2025-05-30 |
| RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-05-14 | 1999-05-14 |
| COOMBS, Derek Michael | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2008-05-16 |
| FISHER, Robert Eric John | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2002-02-14 |
| REDFORD, Christopher Hugh | Director | 2000-01-21 | 2025-05-30 |
| SIZER, Martin Graham | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2008-03-01 |
| TAYLOR, Wayne Richard | Director | 2019-02-06 | 2023-03-17 |
| THOMPSON, John Guy | Director | 1999-05-14 | 2020-01-31 |
| WALKER, Michael | Director | 2015-12-01 | 2024-10-31 |
| WHEELER, Thomas Graham | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| WILKINSON, Helen April | Director | 2005-12-01 | 2018-05-01 |
| WILKINSON, Shaun | Director | 2012-02-29 | 2024-12-17 |
| RUTLAND DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-05-14 | 1999-05-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S & U Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-08 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-05-30 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-05-30 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-05-30 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-05-20 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-12-20 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-11-05 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-05-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-02-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-12-07 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-06-01 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-05-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-03-28 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-01-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-05-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-05-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-06-03 | AUD | auditors | auditors resignation company |
| 2021-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
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