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Provident Financial Group Limited

Activities of financial services holding companies

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 21

  1. Gareth Cronin 2023-2023 Director View profile
  2. Melanie Jayne Barnett 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Neeraj Kapur 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Charlotte Davies 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Simon George Thomas 2018-2020 Director View profile
  6. Paula Watts 2017-2018 Director View profile
  7. Andrew Charles Fisher 2008-2018 Director View profile
  8. Kenneth John Mullen 2007-2019 Director View profile
  9. Christopher Charles Johnstone 2003-2005 Director View profile
  10. Caroline Louise Farbridge 2002-2004 Director View profile
  11. Robin James Ashton 2001-2002 Director View profile
  12. John Arthur Harnett 2001-2002 Director View profile
  13. Rosamond Joy Marshall Smith 1997-2007 Director View profile
  14. Philip Charles Kettle 1994-2001 Director View profile
  15. Stephen George Ramsden 1992 Director View profile
  16. Frederick Wilson Forfar 1994 Director View profile
  17. John Broadley Walker 1995 Director View profile
  18. Howard James Bell 2001 Director View profile
  19. Paula Watts 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  20. Emma Gayle Versluys 2005-2017 Secretary View profile
  21. Peter Anthony Vevers 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Activities of financial services holding companies
Incorporated
05/12/1923
Registered office
Bradford
Previous names
YES CAR Credit (Holdings) Limited (until 27/01/2022)

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Provident Financial Group Limited is controlled by Vanquis Banking Group PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Vanquis Banking Group PLC.

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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

2 directors on the board

2.1y median 2.1y
average tenure
2.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Finance 13Business services 3Professional services 2

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00194214
Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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