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 4 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2014
- Accounts filed up to 30 June 2025
- Its whole board of directors changed in July 2024
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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Phone number
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Address
12 Conduit Street, London, W1S 2XH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7493 4940 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode W1S 2XH
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Illium Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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
- 09287068 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 October 2014 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- 12 Conduit Street, London, W1S 2XH, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominic Joseph Harris | Director | Jan 1975 | 10 Jul 2024 | 13 other companies |
| Julie Hong Nhan Ngo | Director | Apr 1974 | 10 Jul 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Michael John Ward | Director | Nov 1963 | 10 Jul 2024 | None |
| Mariyah Dosani | Director | Oct 1988 | 11 Nov 2025 | 4 other companies |
| WOODSIDE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 24 Jul 2024 | – |
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
- 18
- closed down
- 3
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 18 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 2 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 4 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£32.5m
+5.7% from £30.8m
Cash at bank
£16.7m
+202% from £5.52m
Owed within a year
£1.71m
−15% from £2.02m
Total equity
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 09287068. 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
Alchemy Media Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
30 October 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Illium Limited"
FCA register
2024
10 July 2024
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
2022
10 June 2022
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2021
17 June 2021
- Janice Buchan stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2017
18 July 2017
- Great Point Media Limited stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
1 August 2016
- Janice Buchan became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Great Point Media Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2014
29 October 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 28 events
- All 28 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 20
Firms connected to Alchemy Media Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Alchemy Media Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 2
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 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