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SME Asset Finance Limited

Financial leasing

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

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Previous officers 18

  1. Cristina Alba-Ochoa 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. James William Alistair Hopkinson 2022-2024 Director View profile
  3. Richard Lees 2022-2022 Director View profile
  4. Ian Walters 2020-2024 Director View profile
  5. Mark Andrew Stokes 2018-2020 Director View profile
  6. David Thomas Arden 2018-2022 Director View profile
  7. Richard Dominic Saulet 2015-2018 Director View profile
  8. Craig Francis Donaldson 2013-2019 Director View profile
  9. Jason Sam Oakley 2013-2015 Director View profile
  10. Michael Charles Brierley 2013-2018 Director View profile
  11. John Martin Anthony Wilde 2006-2013 Director View profile
  12. David Hogg 2006-2013 Director View profile
  13. Peter John Slinger 2005-2013 Director View profile
  14. John Anthony Ackroyd 1999-2006 Director View profile
  15. Brian William Ward 1997-2006 Director View profile
  16. John Michael Bush 1997-2006 Director View profile
  17. Susan Trueman 2006-2013 Secretary View profile
  18. David Andrew Marsden 1997-2006 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Financial leasing
Incorporated
24/06/1997
Registered office
London
Previous names
RDM Asset Finance Limited (until 12/03/2008)

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. SME Asset Finance Limited is controlled by SME Invoice Finance Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. SME Invoice Finance Limited is controlled by Metro Bank PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Metro Bank PLC is controlled by Metro Bank Holdings PLC
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-05-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Metro Bank Holdings PLC is controlled by Robert Sharpe
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2022-09-29, ceased 2023-05-19 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Robert Sharpe.

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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.

3 directors on the board

3.5y median 2.1y
average tenure
6.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

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 10Property 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03391275
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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