Vehicle finance business Ford Credit Europe has topped a list of UK leasing companies by financial performance, boasting shareholders’ funds of £2.3bn.

The company tops the database of UK leasing firms available from broker WestWon which the company described as the "definitive Who’s Who" of UK leasing.

At the other end of the spectrum one business is listed has having negative net worth of £117m following a £65m reported loss while other statistics in the database show 53 companies have a 100% risk index, 38 have a net worth over £100m and more than ten have over 1,000 employees. At the same time, there are 52 businesses which have had a CCJ registered against them.

The online list, which contains key performance indicators on 1,400 businesses, including financial strength, net worth and trading profit, is available for a yearly subscription.

Jeremy Hall, chief executive of WestWon, said: "For serious participants in the leasing sector, this list provides an invaluable real-time font of knowledge. There are 44 different search options, including location, number of employees, parent name, financial embarrassment indicators, risk index and shareholders’ funds and the data is updated on a continuous basis.

"As an avid user myself, I can vouch for the List’s effectiveness as a means of tracking acquisition targets and staying well informed. In fact, I have made a number of successful business decisions based upon the data it provides."

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