30+ Years'
of experience.
Where to next?
Zenith is the UK’s leading independent leasing, fleet management and vehicle outsourcing business.
Our vision is to decarbonise the UK vehicle parc by eliminating tailpipe emissions.
We’ll achieve this by providing sustainable and innovative vehicle mobility solutions. We’re always asking “what’s next?”, looking forward, finding ways to achieve our goals and improve the industry we’re a part of.
Since 1989 we’ve made acquisitions to broaden our portfolio of services to our customers whilst continuing to grow organically – our total fleet now has over 162k units, and we won’t be stopping there. We have a clear and compelling 5 point strategy for achieving our vision. What’s next? Join us and make it happen.
Be pre-eminent in our chosen markets
Embed sustainability throughout the business
Be the employer of choice in our sector
Make a positive impact on society
Create value for our stakeholders
Sustainability & Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG)
Sustainability continues to be front and centre for us at Zenith. We’re proud to be a carbon neutral business, one committed to the Science Based Targets initiative for reduction of our greenhouse gas emissions. And we’re proud to have received accreditation from Sustainalytics which sets a new benchmark for our Environmental, Social and Governance reporting.
Our fleet is important to us, and so we’ve committed to spending at least £475 million on expanding our battery electric vehicle fleet. Continuing our journey to convert more and more of our fleet to electric alternatives. And it doesn’t end there, our brand-new head office has achieved an Excellent BREEAM rating for its sustainable credentials. Like we said, sustainability is a driving force for us all at Zenith.
Corporate social responsibility
Giving something back is at the heart of our philosophy. We support the communities local to our UK-wide locations, through charity days and school partnerships.
For 2021 our people selected the charity Mind to support with a variety of fundraising activities including our very own Zenith Olympics and a 10k run. We’ve also given our time and energy to support the Leeds Piano Festival, Children in Need and Comic Relief as well as proudly providing four HGVs to support the ongoing crisis in Ukraine.
In 2022 we’ve chosen to support the charity Dementia UK with a variety of fundraising activities.
19%
Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) as % of funded fleet
58%
BEV as % of total funded order book
130%
Zenauto fleet & order bank growth over two years
Zenith was established in 1989 with just 10 employees
1989
Zenith has over 7,800 vehicles in its fleet
2002
Zenith launches its first salary sacrifice
2009
Zenith joins the Best Companies programme for employee engagement
2011
Zenith is awarded Fleet News Leasing Company of the Year Award
2012
Zenith grows fleet to almost 30,000 vehicles
2012
Zenith receives its first 2 star award from Best Companies
2013
Zenith enters the Sunday Times Top 100 Best Companies to work for
2014
Zenith launches apprenticeship scheme
2017
Zenith launches its commercial vehicle operation
2017
Zenith's investment in apprentices is recognised with a Top 100 Apprenticeship Employer award
2018
Launch of ZenAuto, Zenith’s new consumer division
2018
Zenith reaches 1000 employees
2020
Zenith becomes a Best Company 2 star accredited business
2021
Zenith fleet passes 162,000 milestone
2022
Corporate
Commercial
Consumer
Corporate
The Zenith corporate division partners with some of the UK’s largest blue-chip companies. Typically managing fleets of over 100 vehicles, we ensure customers have the right blend of vehicles, funding, service, strategy, and support to achieve their ambitions
“We're proud to be supporting the ESG ambitions of our customers.”
Ian Hughes CEO – Corporate Division
Commercial
Whether it’s vans, trucks or trailers, our commercial division keeps customers’ fleets compliant, cost-efficient, and on the road, to ensure their businesses are always moving forward. Working with a raft of household names, it’s a 24/7/365 operation.
“Zenith Commercial is trusted as the fleet partner of choice by some of the UK’s largest operational fleets – something we never take for granted and which inspires us to be the best we can be day in day out”
Martin Jenkins CEO - HGV & Specialist Vehicles and Group Strategy Director
Consumer
Our ZenAuto division leases cars direct to consumers through a 100% online ordering service We offer a unique digital experience that gives customers more car than they thought possible, so: “Need a new car? Just Zen it!”.
“Customers are looking more and more to leasing for their mobility needs. The flexibility and affordability of our leasing solution, combined with our leading customer experience delivered through a digital and human supported journey, enables us to stand out in the marketplace.”
John Tracy CEO – Consumer Division
Our Enabling Function teams consist of highly skilled professionals that support all those in our externally facing divisions, allowing them to deliver a great service to our customers. Our enabling functions are key to our success. Finance, HR, Marketing and Technology are at the heart of the Zenith service ensuring that all the client facing divisions are able to delight their customers by providing innovative and market leading solutions and support.
One Zenith
A unique multi-asset, multi-service platform we offer the full range of vehicle types, across a full range of channel, and a full range of service solutions.
Quality of service
We have a strong reputation for consistently delivering great service to our customers underprinned by our culture and values.
Independence
Independent ownership and financing enables us to be agnostic regarding vehicle make, powertrain and funder.
Powered by people
Our people culture has always been central to our success; the Zenith People Promise will ensure this continues.
Reinforced with digital technology
We continue to make significant investments in tech to deliver a single, fully digital, fully-scalable asset management platform.
Scalable and sustainable funding
We have diverse, scalable and sustainable sources of funding enabling us to grow and support our customers.
