Financial leasing
UK companies organised by the CorpSignals industry, segment, and subsegment taxonomy.
Company snapshot
What this shows: the size and current activity of this classification, plus recent formations, company age, revenue coverage, and trade participation.
All companies
1952
Active companies
1249
Formed in latest 12 months
65
Median active-company age
12.1 years
Revenue known
20
Importers
25
Exporters
15
Top values shown in the chart
| Category | Companies |
|---|---|
| All companies | 1,952 |
| Active companies | 1,249 |
| Formed in latest 12 months | 65 |
| Importers | 25 |
| Exporters | 15 |
Revenue coverage among active companies: 20 known, 1229 unknown (1.6%).
Company formations
What this shows: monthly incorporations and dissolutions from 1 January 2024, including companies of every current status.
Latest ten months shown in the chart
| Month | Formed | Dissolved |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 5 | 11 |
| 2025-12 | 3 | 32 |
| 2026-01 | 8 | 12 |
| 2026-02 | 1 | 12 |
| 2026-03 | 5 | 52 |
| 2026-04 | 2 | 68 |
| 2026-05 | 2 | 9 |
| 2026-06 | 2 | 17 |
| 2026-07 | 6 | 29 |
| 2026-08 | 1 | 12 |
Window: 2024-01 to 2026-08.
Company status
What this shows: all current Companies House status values; blank and missing values are combined as Unknown.
Top values shown in the chart
| Status | Companies |
|---|---|
| Active | 1,249 |
| Dissolved | 669 |
| Liquidation | 32 |
| In Administration | 2 |
Active companies by UK region
What this shows: active companies with a known ITL2 region. The UK map falls back to a bar chart if map data cannot be loaded.
Top values shown in the chart
| ITL2 region | Companies |
|---|---|
| Inner London - West | 184 |
| Inner London - East | 97 |
| Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire | 71 |
| Greater Manchester | 64 |
| Surrey, East and West Sussex | 61 |
| Cheshire | 45 |
| Outer London - West and North West | 45 |
| West Midlands | 42 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 41 |
| South East Wales | 40 |
Geography coverage: 1242 known, 7 unknown (99.4%).
Revenue ranges
What this shows: active companies grouped into the platform’s ordered estimated-revenue bands.
Top values shown in the chart
| Revenue range | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0-1m | 553 |
| 1m-15m | 208 |
| 15m-54m | 17 |
| 54m+ | 148 |
Revenue-range coverage: 926 known, 323 unknown (74.1%).
Company size and employees
What this shows: active companies by published size category and by reported employee count.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company size | Companies |
|---|---|
| Micro | 242 |
| Small | 487 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Large | 167 |
| Holding | 11 |
| Dormant | 205 |
Company-size coverage: 1113 known, 136 unknown (89.1%).
Top values shown in the chart
| Employees | Companies |
|---|---|
| 0 | 231 |
| 1–9 | 407 |
| 10–49 | 34 |
| 50–249 | 2 |
Employee coverage: 674 known, 575 unknown (54.0%).
Active-company age
What this shows: how long currently active companies have been incorporated.
Top values shown in the chart
| Age band | Companies |
|---|---|
| Under 1 year | 64 |
| 1–3 years | 140 |
| 3–5 years | 96 |
| 5–10 years | 245 |
| 10–20 years | 284 |
| 20+ years | 420 |
Incorporation-date coverage: 1249 known, 0 unknown (100.0%).
Classification breakdown
What this shows: active companies across the next taxonomy level; direct assignments are labelled separately. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Directly assigned to this segment | 1,249 |
International trade
What this shows: active-company participation in imports and exports, followed by the ten HS2 categories involving the most distinct companies.
Top values shown in the chart
| Trade participation | Companies |
|---|---|
| Importer only | 17 |
| Exporter only | 7 |
| Both | 8 |
| Neither | 1,217 |
Top imports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 17 | £5,364,345,650 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 13 | £3,058,131,414 | 2018-10-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 11 | £462,791,838 | 2016-01-01 – 2026-04-01 |
| 73 — Iron or Steel Products | 7 | £257,331,623 | 2016-02-01 – 2025-10-01 |
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 6 | £81,017,419 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 94 — Furniture, Lighting, and Prefabricated Buildings | 5 | £291,308,896 | 2016-05-01 – 2025-03-01 |
| 83 — Miscellaneous metal items | 2 | £37,042,891 | 2025-10-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 86 — Railway and tramway vehicles and parts | 2 | £40,774,433 | 2024-09-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 96 — Miscellaneous manufactured goods | 2 | £6,080,825 | 2022-03-01 – 2026-02-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 1 | £15,197,812 | 2023-11-01 – 2023-11-01 |
Top exports HS2 categories
Top values shown in the chart
| HS2 category | Companies | GBP | Available dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| 87 — Vehicles, parts, and accessories (not for trains or trams) | 8 | £1,834,863,702 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 84 — Machinery, boilers, and mechanical appliances; parts | 6 | £989,335,287 | 2016-03-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 85 — Electrical machinery and equipment | 4 | £680,324,311 | 2021-02-01 – 2025-11-01 |
| 90 — Optical and medical tools and devices | 4 | £68,509,405 | 2016-04-01 – 2025-12-01 |
| 32 — Tanning and dyeing products | 1 | £1,121,534 | 2026-03-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 38 — Miscellaneous chemical products | 1 | £401,142 | 2026-02-01 – 2026-05-01 |
| 39 — Plastics and plastic products | 1 | £38,868,653 | 2024-07-01 – 2026-03-01 |
| 95 — Toys, games, and sports equipment | 1 | £14,102,817 | 2022-04-01 – 2026-05-01 |
Business and digital traits
What this shows: active companies identified with selected ownership, business-model, and online-presence traits.
Values shown in the chart with data coverage
| Trait | Companies | Known | Unknown | Coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Family business | 94 | 784 | 465 | 62.8% |
| Holding company | 0 | 784 | 465 | 62.8% |
| Solo founder | 341 | 784 | 465 | 62.8% |
| Ecommerce | 1 | 21 | 1,228 | 1.7% |
| Website | 25 | 26 | 1,223 | 2.1% |
| 22 | 26 | 1,223 | 2.1% |
Leading active companies
What this shows: the ten active companies with the highest non-missing revenue, with company number used as the deterministic tie-breaker.
Top values shown in the chart
| Company | Revenue |
|---|---|
| Mitsubishi Hc Capital Uk Plc | £324,100,000 |
| Armada Investments Limited | £38,047,448 |
| Sinclair Finance And Leasing Company Limited | £32,543,957 |
| Amt Vehicle Rental Limited | £29,730,763 |
| Cc Holdings Limited | £15,137,479 |
| Walters Asset Management Limited | £12,748,936 |
| Eagle Leasing Limited | £9,075,000 |
| Merchant Rentals Limited | £8,067,000 |
| Drive Time Finance Ltd | £5,510,000 |
| Davenham Asset Finance Limited | £3,723,041 |
Revenue coverage: 20 known, 1229 unknown (1.6%).
Related classifications
What this shows: sibling classifications ranked by distinct active companies, excluding the current node. The top 20 are shown and remaining values are combined as Other.
Top values shown in the chart
| Classification | Companies |
|---|---|
| Other intermediaries | 35,400 |
| Other finance n.e.c. | 10,278 |
| Open-ended investment funds | 6,452 |
| Principal Trading | 5,901 |
| Fund management | 5,824 |
| Mortgage finance | 5,466 |
| VC & Development capital funds | 4,514 |
| Investment trusts | 3,039 |
| REIT | 2,926 |
| Broker-dealers | 2,661 |
| Other lenders | 2,253 |
| Exchanges | 1,957 |
| Non-bank lending | 1,348 |
| Pension funds | 1,177 |
| Property unit trusts | 952 |
| Banks | 733 |
| Factoring | 371 |
| Unit trusts | 168 |
| Building societies | 102 |
| Central banking | 29 |
SIC classification
SIC 64910 — Financial leasing
Includes
leasing where the term approximately covers the expected life of the asset and the lessee acquires substantially all the benefits of its use and takes all the risks associated with its ownership. The ownership of the asset may or may not eventually be transferred. Such leases cover all or virtually all costs including interest.
Excludes
operational leasing, see division ##77, according to type of goods leased