2U GetSmarter (UK) Limited
Reference number: 974185
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No longer an appointed representative
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Registration ended 14 April 2022.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
getsmarter.com
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Last known phone number
+1 615 417 7604
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Last known address
8 Devonshire Square, Office 05-105, London, EC2M 4PL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When getsmarter.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line +1 615 417 7604 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC2M 4PL
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- 2U Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- edX Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- GetSmarter Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action. The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 10838351 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 June 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- First-degree level higher education (SIC 85421)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lillian Brownstein | Director | Aug 1981 | 8 May 2025 | 3 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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- other companies
- 3
- still active
- 3
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£43.7m
+44% from £30.4m
Profit before tax
£1.67m
−60% from £4.19m
Total equity
£4.67m
+37% from £3.41m
Cash at bank
£2.26m
−52% from £4.69m
Turnover and profit
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10838351. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
2U GetSmarter (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
4 October 2024
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
7 August 2024
- 2u, Inc. gave up control
Companies House
2022
14 April 2022
- Stopped being an appointed representative
FCA register
2017
27 June 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- 2u, Inc. took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 15
Firms connected to 2U GetSmarter (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with 2U GetSmarter (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Get the full report on 2U GetSmarter (UK)
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 23 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk