Who owns UK companies in Factoring?

120 of the 376 companies registered under SIC 64992 (Factoring) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 231 individual shareholders and 122 companies, trusts and other entities.

In this industry:

• 12% have a non-UK company or other foreign entity among their shareholders, compared with 2.2% of all UK companies — about 5 times the national rate.
• 68% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.
• 43% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies — about twice the national rate.

How companies in this industry are owned

* Among the 30 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.

Company size and age

The median company in this industry was incorporated 8.2 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).

Related industries

• Activities of other holding companies n.e.c. SIC 64209 · 49,747 companies · 36% majority-owned by a company
• Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified SIC 64999 · 11,291 companies · 36% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of financial services holding companies SIC 64205 · 3,434 companies · 52% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of construction holding companies SIC 64203 · 2,137 companies · 26% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of open-ended investment companies SIC 64304 · 1,864 companies · 24% majority-owned by a company
• Security dealing on own account SIC 64991 · 1,436 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of mortgage finance companies SIC 64922 · 1,421 companies · 26% majority-owned by a company
• Activities of venture and development capital companies SIC 64303 · 1,246 companies · 32% majority-owned by a company

Corporate shareholders in this industry

All 117 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 64992, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 10 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.

About this data

Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 25 March 2021 and 5 June 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.

Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.