On the register, but not FCA authorised
This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is why it appears on the register. That is not authorisation: the FCA does not oversee how it treats customers, and FSCS protection does not apply.
- Registered for 2 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2016
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2023
What does this mean?
- Some businesses are required by law to have an anti-money-laundering supervisor. For this kind of business that supervisor is the FCA, and the registration is the only reason the firm appears on the FCA register.
- What the FCA checks is narrow: that the firm identifies its customers, keeps records, and reports suspicious activity. It is the anti-crime paperwork behind a bank asking you for ID.
- It does not check anything about you as a customer. Not whether the firm treats you fairly, not whether it is financially sound, not whether what it sells is any good. The FCA describes firms registered this way as “not authorised or subject to wider FCA regulation”.
- So if the firm fails or treats you badly, there is no FSCS compensation, and the Financial Ombudsman Service usually cannot look at a complaint about unregulated business.
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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
35 Harley Street, London, W1G 8QU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode W1G 8QU
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Money-laundering registration onlyThis firm is registered for anti-money-laundering supervision only. It is not FCA-authorised. Money you hand over is not protected by the FSCS, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
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
- 10419810 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 October 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 2nd Floor, 107-113 Great Portland Street, London, Greater London, W1W 6QG, England
- Nature of business
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- Business and domestic software development (SIC 62012)
- Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis (SIC 68320)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglas Robert John King | Director | Jan 1977 | 10 Oct 2016 | 96 other companies |
| Daniel Brett Austin | Director | Aug 1974 | 10 Oct 2016 | 96 other companies |
| Benjamin Barbanel | Director | Sep 1978 | 7 Oct 2022 | None |
| Gergely Mark Zaborszky | Director | Jan 1976 | 25 May 2026 | 16 other companies |
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
- 121
- closed down
- 76
- are FCA-registered
- 5
In the full report: all 121 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 5 on the FCA register
- The 87 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£2.11m
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Total equity
£6.17m
+390% from £1.26m
Cash at bank
£5.02m
−53% from £10.8m
Employees (average)
17
+70% from 10
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2023
- The chart, 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 10419810. 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
A.s.k. Partners’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
25 October 2024
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2022
7 October 2022
- Daniel Brett Austin stopped being a part-owner
- Oaknorth Bank PLC became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
24 April 2017
- A.S.K Partners Holdco Limited stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
24 March 2017
- A.S.K Partners Holdco Limited became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2016
10 October 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Daniel Brett Austin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 19 events
- All 19 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 12
Firms connected to A.s.k. Partners
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with A.s.k. Partners. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- past links
- 3
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 3 past links through former directors
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- 121 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 19 events in its history
- 2 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