Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Office 4.03, 80 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5BJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When 4t.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3819 3100 is
- Whether EC2R 5BJ is a shared office: 22 other firms give it
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Formax Prime Capital (UK) Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Formax Prime Capital (UK) Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake email addresses (3)
- info@blmarkets.com
- lars@blmarkets.com
- support@blmarkets.com
Fake websites (1)
- blmarkets.com
The FCA warning these came from
- UCFX Markets / BL Markets 7 October 2024
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (4 permissions)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 08891879 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 February 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 80 Coleman Street Office 4.03, 80 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5BJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Konstantinos Arapopoulos | Director | Nov 1976 | 17 Apr 2019 | 4 other companies |
| Waqas Mahmood | Director | Aug 1981 | 19 Nov 2020 | 1 other company |
| Hamze Ajjour | Director | Jun 1987 | 1 Dec 2023 | None |
| Youssef Barakat | Director | Aug 1974 | 1 Dec 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 4 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 11 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£573k
+22% from £469k
Profit before tax
£141
From a loss of £17.4k
Net assets
£564k
+41% from £400k
Cash at bank
£523k
+48% from £354k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- Both charts, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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 08891879. 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
4T Markets’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
22 July 2026
- 4t Global (Cyprus) Ltd gave up control
Companies House
2024
7 October 2024
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2023
1 December 2023
- 4t Global (Cyprus) Ltd gave up control
- 4t Global (Cyprus) Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Hamze Ajjour became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Regalis Trading Solutions Ltd no longer has significant control
- Wael El Far became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Waqas Mahmood no longer has significant control
Companies House
2021
10 November 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Formax Prime Capital (UK) Limited"
FCA register
8 April 2021
- Regalis Trading Solutions Ltd gained significant control
- Waqas Mahmood gained significant control
- Xi Wang no longer has significant control
Companies House
2017
5 January 2017
- Xi Wang gained significant control
Companies House
4 January 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Formax Prime Capital (UK) Ltd"
FCA register
2015
30 January 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2014
12 February 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 34 events
- All 34 events in its history (17 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 16
Firms connected to 4T Markets
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with 4T Markets. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 34 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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
- FCA warning: UCFX Markets / BL Markets fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk