Lies lies lies.
Business is a sinking ship, You are put in constant worry that if x does not happen you might not have your job next year.
They are established business marketing themselves as startup - because that's cool!
Culture of fear and bully in the team, Stress levels are so high that you'll notice it by observing your colleague even for being there for only few days.
Respect? Forget about it, You are a cog in the machine.
Code base is a mess that no one knows exactly how it works.
Business objectives? no one really knows they are still trying to figure it after being in market for few years.
People are fighting over job titles like its a all they have in the world, If you update your job title to Senior software engineer on LinkedIn, You'll get confronted by 'a' colleague telling you HE is the senior person not you! lol , Get a life!
Technically there are a few individual who know what they are doing, the rest? They pretend they know how to do the job :)
Oh and if you are promised anything on your interview, don't take it seriously because suddenly plans can change and even though you were promised only few weeks back, Its now completely off the table.
Do yourself a favor and work for other companies, There are so many other jobs in Manchester paying same salary (and more) and treating you like a human :)