Authorised by the FCA
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This company holds another FCA record
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Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
Also given by a firm that is no longer authorised. Check you are dealing with the firm on this page.
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Address
Pentax House, South Hill Avenue, Northolt Road, Harrow, London, Middlesex, HA2 0DU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7193 8344 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode HA2 0DU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguardedYour money must be kept in a separate safeguarded account. If the firm fails, all safeguarded funds should be returned to you. With no upper limit, unlike the capped amounts under FSCS. Safeguarding works differently from FSCS, but protects your full balance when the rules are followed correctly.
- 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 (1 permission)
- 6. Money remittance.
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
- 03567328 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 May 1998 (28 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 1, 7th Floor 50 Broadway, London, SW1H 0BL, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Kishin Khushaldas Bhavnani | Director | Aug 1947 | 2 Jun 1998 | None |
| Renu Kishin Bhavnani | Director | Sep 1956 | 2 Jun 1998 | None |
| Navin Kishin Bhavnani | Director | May 1986 | 22 Oct 2010 | 2 other companies |
| Rohit Kishin Bhavnani | Director | Mar 1981 | 22 Oct 2010 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 4 directors
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- other companies
- 2
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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, including one no longer authorised
- The 2 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£352k
<1% from £353k
Profit before tax
£47.1k
−17% from £56.9k
Net assets
£1.26m
+3.9% from £1.21m
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 03567328. 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
Afro International (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
7 March 2018
- Became an authorised payment institution
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Kishin Khushaldas Bhavnani became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
25 January 2012
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
1998
20 May 1998
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Afro International (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Afro International (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- no longer authorised
- 2
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Afro International (UK)
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
- 5 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
- How safeguarding works fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk