Apollo Business Finance Limited

Reference number: 1044423

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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.

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.

  • No website on the FCA register

  • No phone number on the FCA register

  • Address

    Suite 4, 1st Floor, Egerton House, Towers Business Park, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2DX, United Kingdom

In the full report: 1 background check

  • Who else gives the postcode M20 2DX
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Past FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Money-laundering registration only
    This 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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
25 July 2016 (10 years old)
Registered office
Suite 4, 1st Floor, Egerton House Towers Business Park, Wilmslow Road, Didsbury, Manchester, M20 2DX, England
Nature of business
  • Factoring (SIC 64992)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
John Robert Day Director Feb 1983 1 Sep 2016 3 other companies
Jamie David Moodie Director Oct 1984 29 Feb 2024 22 other companies
Elizabeth Mary Williams Director Sep 1987 29 Feb 2024 1 other company
Dean Mcgarry Director Jul 1978 17 Jul 2025 1 other company

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
24
closed down
4
is FCA-registered
1

In the full report: all 24 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
  • The 1 company these 4 directors run together
  • All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Small company accountsAudited

Net assets

£2.28m

+1.7% from £2.25m

Cash at bank

£609k

−60% from £1.54m

Employees (average)

23

+15% from 20

Owed within a year

£10.8m

+18% from £9.21m

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 6 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 to 2025
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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.

There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10292884. 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

Apollo Business Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

15 December 2025

  • Registered with the FCA

FCA register

2024

29 February 2024

  • Apollo Business Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Jeffrey Norman Burton stopped being a part-owner
  • John Robert Day stopped being a part-owner
  • Jonathan David Selby Cranston stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2016

17 October 2016

  • John Robert Day became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Jonathan David Selby Cranston became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

25 July 2016

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Jeffrey Norman Burton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 23 events

  • All 23 events in its history (9 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 14
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Firms connected to Apollo Business Finance

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Apollo Business Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm
1
share a director
1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

  • How it is linked: shared directors (1)
  • Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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Get the full report on Apollo Business Finance

Everything on this page, plus everything locked above, in one dated PDF you can keep, file or send on.

  • 24 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 1 background check on its contact details
  • 6 years of accounts, charted
  • All 23 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Apollo Business Finance Limited FCA authorised?
Apollo Business Finance Limited (FRN 1044423) is registered with the FCA under the Money Laundering Regulations only. That is anti-money-laundering supervision, not FCA authorisation, and the FCA does not supervise the firm's conduct.
Is Apollo Business Finance a scam or clone?
Apollo Business Finance is genuinely on the FCA's money-laundering register, so it is not an outright fake, but registration is not authorisation, and scammers impersonate registered firms too. Verify contact details against the register before sending money.
Is my money safe with Apollo Business Finance?
Money you hand to Apollo Business Finance is not protected by the FSCS. Money-laundering registration carries no compensation scheme, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
Who owns Apollo Business Finance?
Apollo Business Finance is owned by Apollo Business Holdings Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 29 February 2024. Before that, it was controlled by Mr Jonathan David Selby Cranston, Mr John Robert Day and Mr Jeffrey Norman Burton.
Who runs Apollo Business Finance?
Companies House lists 4 directors of Apollo Business Finance: John Robert Day, Jamie David Moodie, Elizabeth Mary Williams and Dean McGarry.
How long has Apollo Business Finance been in business?
The company was formed on 25 July 2016.
What do Apollo Business Finance’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show net assets of £2.28m (+1.7% from £2.25m) and cash at bank of £609k (−60% from £1.54m).

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