No longer authorised
A Q Express 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. Authorisation ended 7 May 2015.
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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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
0191 272 2008
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Last known address
399 Westgate Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE4 6PB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0191 272 2008 is
- Who else gives the postcode NE4 6PB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Mahfuz Travels and Money Transfer Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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.
Key dates in its history
A Q Express’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2015
7 May 2015
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
31 March 2013
- No longer regulated by the Financial Services Authority
FCA register
2010
20 December 2010
- Began trading as "A Q Express"
FCA register
15 October 2010
- Changed its registered name from "Mahfuz Travels and Money Transfer"
FCA register
2009
2 November 2009
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
28 October 2009
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to A Q Express
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with A Q Express. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like A Q Express
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In Newcastle upon Tyne
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- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 8 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk