The Start-Up Loans Company

Active08117656 Private company limited by guarantee

Incorporated: 25 June 2012 (14 years)
Industry: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (64999)
Directors: David Edward Hourican
Salomon Jan Reinald De Monchy
Richard Bearman
Controlled by: British Business Finance Limited
Accounts type: Audit exemption subsidiary
Region: Yorkshire
Address: Steel City House
West Street
Sheffield
S1 2GQ

Website & contact details

Group website: british-business-bank.co.uk
The site of this company’s group or brand.

Filing status

Accounts due: 31 December 2026
Last accounts: 31 March 2025
Conf. stmt due: 4 December 2026
Last conf. stmt: 20 November 2025

Officers 3 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Hourican, David Edward

Director · Appointed 1 October 2026

Also at BBB Investment Holdings Limited, British Business Access Lending Limited, British Business Investments Ltd · more companies

British

Born May 1972 (54)

De Monchy, Salomon Jan Reinald

Director · Appointed 14 March 2025

Also at British Business Access Lending Limited

Dutch

Born December 1970 (55)

Bearman, Richard

Director · Appointed 13 June 2022

British

Born August 1973 (53)

Officer history (27 former)

1 October 2026

Appointed Hourican, David Edward as Director

30 September 2026

Resigned Taylor, David Louis as Director

14 March 2025

Appointed De Monchy, Salomon Jan Reinald as Director

14 July 2023

Resigned O'Neill, Elizabeth Marie as Secretary

1 October 2022

Appointed Taylor, David Louis as Director

1 October 2022

Resigned Lewis La Torre, Catherine Elizabeth as Director

1 July 2022

Resigned Magee, Patrick John as Director

13 June 2022

Appointed Bearman, Richard as Director

15 February 2021

Appointed O'Neill, Elizabeth Marie as Secretary

14 February 2021

Resigned Amarasekara, Shanika as Secretary

1 September 2020

Appointed Lewis La Torre, Catherine Elizabeth as Director

31 August 2020

Resigned Morgan, Keith Charles William as Director

2 August 2018

Resigned Hill, Joanna Maria as Director

31 March 2018

Resigned Murley, Timothy Cornelius as Director

31 March 2018

Resigned Hartley, Judith Barbara as Director

31 March 2018

Resigned Williams, Luke Alexander as Director

31 March 2018

Resigned Abel, Richard as Director

31 March 2018

Resigned Fox, Christopher Newton as Director

26 July 2017

Resigned Sawyer, Timothy Charles as Director

26 July 2017

Appointed Hill, Joanna Maria as Director

26 July 2017

Appointed Hartley, Judith Barbara as Director

1 April 2017

Resigned Daly, Alexander James as Director

1 April 2017

Appointed Fox, Christopher Newton as Director

1 April 2017

Appointed Magee, Patrick John as Director

1 April 2017

Resigned Hutchison, David Alexander Mccall as Director

1 April 2017

Appointed Amarasekara, Shanika as Secretary

1 April 2017

Resigned Hickey, Susan Laura as Director

1 April 2017

Appointed Morgan, Keith Charles William as Director

1 April 2017

Resigned Ibbetson, Peter Richard as Director

27 March 2017

Resigned Searle, Peter William Courtis as Director

30 March 2016

Resigned James, Beverley Ann as Director

30 March 2016

Appointed Murley, Timothy Cornelius as Director

25 November 2015

Appointed Daly, Alexander James as Director

25 March 2015

Resigned Caan, James as Director

17 December 2014

Resigned Eversecretary Limited as Corporate Secretary

1 September 2014

Appointed Abel, Richard as Director

26 March 2014

Resigned Cahn, Andrew Thomas, Sir as Director

1 January 2014

Appointed Hickey, Susan Laura as Director

31 December 2013

Resigned King, Philip John as Director

30 October 2013

Appointed Cahn, Andrew Thomas, Sir as Director

25 September 2013

Appointed Ibbetson, Peter Richard as Director

25 September 2013

Resigned Jenkins, Jonathan Maxwell as Director

9 September 2013

Appointed Eversecretary Limited as Corporate Secretary

29 May 2013

Appointed Searle, Peter William Courtis as Director

31 March 2013

Resigned Spence, John Andrew, Cllr as Director

31 March 2013

Resigned Cheatle, Duncan Mackenzie as Director

31 March 2013

Resigned Rudd, Roland Dacre as Director

30 August 2012

Appointed Williams, Luke Alexander as Director

30 August 2012

Appointed Hutchison, David Alexander Mccall as Director

7 August 2012

Appointed Sawyer, Timothy Charles as Director

25 July 2012

Appointed Cheatle, Duncan Mackenzie as Director

25 July 2012

Appointed Caan, James as Director

25 June 2012

Appointed Spence, John Andrew, Cllr as Director

25 June 2012

Appointed Jenkins, Jonathan Maxwell as Director

25 June 2012

Appointed King, Philip John as Director

25 June 2012

Appointed Rudd, Roland Dacre as Director

25 June 2012

Appointed James, Beverley Ann as Director

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

British Business Finance Limited

Corporate entity · Notified 1 April 2017

Right to appoint and remove directors

Private Limited Company

Reg. no. 09091928

Group structure 26 shown

Ownership group derived from the Companies House PSC register

British Business Bank PLC

BBB Investment Holdings Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

BBB Investment Services Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

BBB Mandates Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

BGP General Partner I LLP Holds 75–100% of voting rights

British Business Access Lending Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

British Business Investments Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

Federated Hermes Private Equity Innovation II LP Part right to 25–50% of surplus assets

Hermes Gpe Environmental Innovation Fund LP Part right to 25–50% of surplus assets

Hermes Gpe Innovation Fund LP Part right to 25–50% of surplus assets

UK FTF L.P. Holds 25–50% of voting rights

British Patient Capital Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Epidarex Capital IV, LP Part right to 25–50% of surplus assets

Nations and Regions Investments Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

British Business Finance Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

British Business Aspire Holdco Ltd Owns 75–100% of shares

Capital for Enterprise Fund L.P. Holds 50–75% of voting rights

Epidarex Capital Iii UK, LP Part right to 25–50% of surplus assets

Epidarex Exeed Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Lario Therapeutics Limited Owns 50–75% of shares

Lunac Therapeutics Limited In liquidationOwns 25–50% of shares

Macomics Ltd Owns 25–50% of shares

Rinn Therapeutics Limited Owns 75–100% of shares

Passion Capital GC (FP) LLP Right to 50–75% of surplus assets

Pentech Fund Iii Limited Partnership Part right to 25–50% of surplus assets

The Start-Up Loans Company This company Right to appoint and remove directors

Filings

Recent filings only. See the full history on Companies House

Date	Description	Made Up To
14 January 2026	Other filing
14 January 2026	Other filing
14 January 2026	Accounts filing
14 January 2026	Audit exemption subsidiary accounts	31 March 2025
30 December 2025	Other filing