Company · Solihull
Paragon Business Finance PLC
Financial leasing
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 39
- Richard Dominic Shelton 2019-2021 View profile
- Gary Andrew Leitch 2017-2019 View profile
- Simon Geoffrey Stanley Welling 2016-2018 View profile
- Richard John Doe 2015-2019 View profile
- Andrew Kinnear Smithson 2015-2017 View profile
- Paul Douglas Coggins 2013-2016 View profile
- Christopher Lewis Coleman 2010-2015 View profile
- Martin Lee Tidby 2008-2016 View profile
- Deana Tidby 2006-2007 View profile
- Samuel Geneen 2003-2014 View profile
- Glenn Beatham 2003-2008 View profile
- Simon John Kirk 2003-2017 View profile
- John Douglas Luff 2003-2011 View profile
- James David Sampson 2003-2014 View profile
- Jeremy Paul Guilfoyle 2003-2016 View profile
- Robin Anthony Birkett 2002-2004 View profile
- Gary Hockey Morley 2002-2003 View profile
- Shashin Patel 2002-2003 View profile
- John Robert Davy Hayhow 2000-2003 View profile
- James Ramsay Smart 2000-2002 View profile
- Anthony Mark Roestenburg 1998-2002 View profile
- Philip Anthony George 1998-2002 View profile
- Michael Allan Bartholomeusz 1998-2000 View profile
- John Stearn Scott 1998-2000 View profile
- David Howat Stewart 1998-2001 View profile
- Andrew Philip Bullard 1997-2009 View profile
- Paul Edward Burke 1996-2003 View profile
- Aubrey John Adams 1994-1998 View profile
- Simon James Mills 1993-2009 View profile
- Nicholas John Stevenson 1993-1994 View profile
- David James Taylor 1997 View profile
- Thomas Francis Quentin Hedley 1998 View profile
- Anthony Albert Captain 2000 View profile
- Ciara Murphy 2020-2025 View profile
- Pandora Sharp 2019-2020 View profile
- Andrew Lacey 2007-2019 View profile
- Philip Geoffrey Davies 2003-2016 View profile
- Abbey National Secretariat Services Limited 1998-2003 View profile
- Gregory Lawrence Randall 2000 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Financial leasing
- Incorporated
- 19/05/1980
- Registered office
- Solihull
- Previous names
- Paragon Bank Business Finance PLC (until 06/10/2017)
Five Arrows Business Finance PLC (until 27/01/2016)
Paragon Business Finance PLC (until 25/11/2015)
Five Arrows Business Finance PLC (until 03/11/2015)
State Securities PLC (until 02/04/2014)
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.
- Paragon Asset Finance Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-07-04
Group
- Paragon Business Finance PLC
is controlled by Paragon Asset Finance Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2023-07-04 · source: Companies House PSC register - Paragon Asset Finance Limited
is controlled by Paragon Bank PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Paragon Bank PLC
is controlled by Paragon 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 Paragon Banking Group PLC.
124 other companies in this group
- The Paragon Pension Partnership LP
- Earlswood Finance (NO. 3) Limited
- 07580759
- Paragon Vehicle Contracts Limited
- Paragon Mortgages (NO. 5) PLC
- Specialist Fleet Services Limited
- Mortgage Trust Limited
- Paragon Mortgages (NO.15) PLC
- 06630534
- Paragon Personal Finance Limited
- Paragon Bank PLC
- Paragon Mortgages (NO.11) PLC
- Paragon Secured Finance (NO. 1) PLC
- Herbert (10) PLC
- 07393277
- NHL Third Funding Corporation Limited
- Paragon CAR Finance Limited
- Herbert (1) PLC
- 08012909
- 06630361
- 06664758
- Paragon Loan Finance (NO. 2) Limited
- Yorkshire Freeholds Limited
- Mortgage Funding Corporation PLC
- Moorgate Loan Servicing Limited
- 06630471
- Paragon Mortgages (NO.7) PLC
- Colonial Finance (UK) Limited
- Paragon Mortgages (NO.14) PLC
- Paragon Covered Bonds LLP
- 06911686
- Paragon Mortgages (NO. 17) PLC
- Redbrick Real Estate Services Limited
- Paragon Finance Holdings Limited
- 08013698
- Universal Credit Limited
- Moorgate Asset Administration Limited
- Herbert (2) PLC
- 08013056
- 06595581
- Herbert (6) PLC
- Finance for People (NO.3) Limited
- Paragon Mortgages (NO. 13) PLC
- 04577689
- 03831402
- Paragon Mortgages Limited
- NHL Second Funding Corporation Limited
- Paragon Mortgages (NO.9) PLC
- Paragon Mortgages (NO. 2) PLC
- Paragon Mortgages (NO.38) Limited
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.
4 directors on the board
- John Edward Phillipou Director · appointed 2019
- Keith Graham Allen Director · appointed 2017
- Richard James Woodman Director · appointed 2019
- David Newcombe Director · appointed 2019
7.4y median 6.7y
average tenure
9.2y
longest tenure
Directors past 6 years
- John Edward Phillipou Director · appointed 2019
- Keith Graham Allen Director · appointed 2017
- Richard James Woodman Director · appointed 2019
- David Newcombe Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (4)
- John Edward Phillipou Director · appointed 2019
- Keith Graham Allen Director · appointed 2017
- Richard James Woodman Director · appointed 2019
- David Newcombe Director · appointed 2019
1
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 81Professional services 39Business services 8Property 2Retail and trade 2Other services 1
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01497411
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/03/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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