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 10 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2001
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £606k more than it owned
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
30 Crown Place, 12th Floor, London, EC2A 4EB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3893 9016 is, and the 4 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC2A 4EB
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Norton Folgate Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Norton Folgate Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Norton Folgate Leasing Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Norton Folgate Capital Group 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
- 04286156 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 September 2001 (25 years old)
- Registered office
- 30 Crown Place, London, EC2A 4EB, England
- Nature of business
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- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Paul Guilfoyle | Director | Dec 1968 | 22 Mar 2018 | 7 other companies |
| Robert Andrew Keep | Director | Aug 1964 | 22 Mar 2018 | 4 other companies |
| Steven Andrew Clark | Director | Jan 1967 | 13 Nov 2019 | 128 other companies |
| Jeremy Paul Guilfoyle | Secretary | Not published | 21 Sep 2018 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 135
- closed down
- 33
- went insolvent
- 5
In the full report: all 135 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 5 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 9 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 17 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£43.4k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
−£606k
Up £144k from −£751k
Cash at bank
£346k
−32% from £509k
Owed within a year
£4.13m
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £606k more than it owned.
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £3.27m, for the year to 31 December 2022.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 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.
Figures from the year to 31 December 2022 are for the group: the company and the businesses it owns. Earlier years are the company’s own accounts, from before it had a group.
The figures for the year to 31 December 2025 were read from the printed accounts, because the filing does not tag them in a form that can be read automatically. They were checked against the accounts’ own totals.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04286156. 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
Amicus Asset Finance Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
18 November 2020
- Dows Capital Partners Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Robert Andrew Keep stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
10 November 2020
- Asset Finance Holdco Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- John McFadden stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2019
6 November 2019
- Asset Finance Holdco Limited gave up control
- Asset Finance Holdco Limited stopped being a part-owner
- John McFadden became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Robert Andrew Keep became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2018
17 December 2018
- Amicus Finance PLC gave up control
- Asset Finance Holdco Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Asset Finance Holdco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
4 May 2018
- James Gibbons no longer has significant control
- Steve Clark no longer has significant control
Companies House
2017
14 December 2017
- Board replaced: both directors left and a new director took over
Companies House
2016
2 December 2016
- Changed its registered name from "Norton Folgate Capital Group Limited"
FCA register
14 October 2016
- James Gibbons gained significant control
- Keith Aldridge stopped being a part-owner
- Steve Clark gained significant control
- Steven Clark stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Amicus Finance PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
- Keith Aldridge became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Steven Clark became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
5 February 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2015
6 February 2015
- Board replaced: its only director left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
2001
12 September 2001
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 57 events
- All 57 events in its history (26 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 28
Firms connected to Amicus Asset Finance Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Amicus Asset Finance Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 5
- share its phone number
- 4
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (4), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 4 past links through former directors
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- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 57 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk