DEBT SUPPORT CENTRE LIMITED
Company number 04581518 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Debt Support Centre Limited has achieved a remarkable balance sheet turnaround in FY2024, moving from £1.28M negative equity to a £38K positive position through what appears to be significant group-level debt forgiveness, but this financial rehabilitation masks fundamental operational fragility—most critically a £114 cash position and a two-person workforce that cannot independently sustain a regulated financial intermediation business. The company's strategic value lies primarily as a node within the Bridgewater Finance Group/Vest Tech Investments structure, where it can serve as a regulated conduit for debt advisory services; however, without substantial investment in digital infrastructure, human capital, and working capital, the entity remains a going concern risk rather than a viable standalone enterprise.
Shareholders' funds
£25,882
Balance sheet as at 2025-11-30
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2002-11-05
- Employees
- 2 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Peter House 7th Floor, Oxford Street, Manchester, England, M1 5AN
- Postcode
- M1 5AN
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2027-08-31
- Financial year end
- 30 November
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-10-04
- Next due by
- 2026-10-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 64999 Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 3 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BRIDGEWATER FINANCE GROUP LTD — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9640494 (Tier 1), registered since 2006.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DEBT FREE HELPLINE LIMITED | 2011-09-15 |
| PENSBY LIMITED | 2005-12-05 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 5TH FLOOR MANCHESTER HOUSE, 84-86 PRINCESS STREET, MANCHESTER, M1 6NG | 2018-05-11 |
| 6TH FLOOR MANCHESTER HOUSE, 86 PRINCES STREET, MANCHESTER, LANCASHIRE M1 6NG | 2003-10-08 |
| C/O B OLSBERG & COMPANY, 2ND FLOOR,LEVI HOUSE, BURY OLD ROAD, SALFORD, LANCASHIRE M7 4QX | 2003-04-14 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 625 similar companies in M, trading since 2002
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 169 among financial intermediation not elsewhere classified in Manchester.
The class of 2002
35%
of the 996 companies in this sector incorporated in 2002 are still active today; 62% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.