Officially (legal,tax etc) a Lessor cannot buy a vehicle they have been Leasing (renting)

In many cases the Leasing company will happily sell to a 3rd party ( spouse,granny,…neighbour, pal)

Be aware that also, in many instances, the Leasing company may have a policy to ”not engage” with a buyer and/or have a company policy of a specific sales route (Auction). This closes any potential of their internal decisions coming under any future scrutiny

of course the best thing would be to enquire directly along the lines of “ my relation would like to buy this vehicle at end”

They are, of course, at liberty to set the asking price as they see fit ( which may be set just to be polite but to actually make you go away)

 

They usually use BCA as a re seller and there is an option to buy it for a realistic price via a third party, friend family etc.

Had two now and on a third lease currently up in a year, BCA give you a sale price, if you accept get the person to cough up and the V5 will be sent to them, car never leaves you.

This was the Lex Autolease portal i used.

https://www.lexdriversales.co.uk/

And this is Alphabet who i am with now( same site bca)

https://www.alphabetdriversales.com/

 

@Liam M

Just ask the leasing company. Some will sell the car to the person on the lease as it's a cheaper way of getting rid of it and it's much quicker. Costs nothing to ask and they can only say no. As the Leaf isn't very popular they may just snap your arm off.

 

Cannot find a portal for Mobilize but bca do handle it.

 

I'm not saying you should- but you could put a hidden airtag (speaker disabled!) inside the car and use that to track it to the auction site. Be careful because some auctions are 'trade' only. You would need to get a friend in the trade to buy it for you. Also some cars go back into the second hand dealer only stock.

 

Mobilize finance use BCA , OP will be able to buy it , simples.
They just need to ask .