Data from the official company registers of 12 countries. Not an official register.

English

Activities of financial services holding companies

UK SIC 2007 · 64205ISIC 64 · Financial service activities, except insurance and pension fundingK · Financial and insurance activities
Live companies8,596main activity SIC 64205
New, past 12 months1,06312.4% of live
Median age5 yrsof live companies
Liquidation or administration1411.6%
Oldest1897incorporated 19 Jun 1897

When they were founded

Live companies by year of incorporation, past 15 years.

05001,0001,5002,0002011: 10420112012: 1262013: 17420132014: 2042015: 23420152016: 2852017: 36020172018: 4682019: 51120192020: 5482021: 67620212022: 6002023: 66720232024: 7872025: 1,13320252026: 845

Regions

Where these companies have their registered office.

London
4,521
South East
903
North West
632
East of England
501
West Midlands
412
Yorkshire and The Humber
361
South West
324
East Midlands
287
Scotland
256
Wales
202
North East
108
Northern Ireland
88

Towns with the most

Live companies in this activity by town.

Companies

8,596 live companies, oldest first. Page 1 of 172.

CompanyTownIncorporated
Tyndall Holdings Limited
00053044
City of Westminster19 Jun 1897
Siem Capital UK Limited
00081307
Sutton (Sutton)21 Jun 1904
Sun Alliance Insurance Overseas Limited
00087946
City and County of the City of London12 Mar 1906
The East of Scotland Property Investment Company Limited
SC006961
Eskbank4 Dec 1908
Royal International Insurance Holdings Limited
00111478
City and County of the City of London26 Aug 1910
Investec 1 Limited
00119609
City and County of the City of London10 Jan 1912
Howard Lloyd & Company,limited
00124747
Slough12 Oct 1912
Experian Finance plc
00146575
Nottingham17 Mar 1917
Provident Financial Group Limited
00194214
Bradford5 Dec 1923
Sonet Dormant Company No. 1 Limited
00220272
Slough12 Mar 1927
Societe Generale Investments (U.K.) Limited
00223382
Tower Hamlets22 Jul 1927
Investec Investment Trust plc
00328206
City and County of the City of London27 May 1937
Reckitt & Colman (UK) Limited
00341605
Slough20 Jun 1938
S & U plc
00342025
Solihull1 Jul 1938
Carlyle Trust Limited(the)
00361131
Cardiff9 May 1940
People's Partnership Holdings Limited
00377361
Crawley (Crawley)21 Nov 1942
SSL International plc
00388828
Slough20 Jul 1944
Hodge Limited
00390216
Cardiff4 Oct 1944
K U H Limited
00410663
Bishop's Stortford16 May 1946
British United Provident Association Limited(the)
00432511
City and County of the City of London3 Apr 1947
Geo.lamming & Son(engineers)limited
00531069
Syston27 Mar 1954
Reckitt & Sons Limited
00561576
Slough18 Feb 1956
K.e.hutson Limited
00569356
Hammersmith and Fulham24 Jul 1956
Midcorp Limited
00585756
Birmingham18 Jun 1957
Reckitt Colman Chiswick (Otc) Limited
00593046
Slough4 Nov 1957
J.m.finn Nominees Limited
00614938
City and County of the City of London14 Nov 1958
Lloyds Bank Asset Finance Limited
00615235
City and County of the City of London20 Nov 1958
Sun Alliance and London Insurance Limited
00638918
City and County of the City of London6 Oct 1959
Charleville Holdings Limited
NI004452
Castlereagh16 Dec 1959
Vanquis Banking Group plc
00668987
Bradford31 Aug 1960
Aon Global Holdings Intermediaries Limited
00688743
City and County of the City of London4 Apr 1961
Shield Trust Limited
00698840
City and County of the City of London19 Jul 1961
Sonet Prebbles Limited
00710779
Slough15 Dec 1961
Hayes Parsons Holdings Ltd
00749459
Bristol7 Feb 1963
Harry Nash Motors (Holdings) Limited
00750744
Hillingdon20 Feb 1963
West Merchant Limited
00791766
Camden13 Feb 1964
Abrdn Alternative Investments Limited
00794936
Tower Hamlets6 Mar 1964
Miller Insurance Holdings Limited
00830141
City and County of the City of London7 Dec 1964
Stanbic Africa Holdings Limited
00849806
City and County of the City of London21 May 1965
Placehill Ltd.
00868202
Basingstoke5 Jan 1966
Bank of Ireland UK Holdings plc
NI006941
—5 May 1967
Natwest Group plc
SC045551
—25 Mar 1968
Axa Insurance plc
00932111
City and County of the City of London15 May 1968
Castle Phillips (Holdings) Limited
00933293
Woking5 Jun 1968
Absolute Assigned Policies Limited
00939239
Harrow24 Sept 1968
Blackrock Group Limited
00951043
City and County of the City of London28 Mar 1969
Gartmore Investment Management Limited
00953703
City and County of the City of London7 May 1969
Genner Nominees Limited
00960021
Bishop's Sutton12 Aug 1969
Edinburgh Fund Managers plc
SC046848
Edinburgh27 Aug 1969
Chasophie Limited
00969543
Camden5 Jan 1970