No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 16 December 2013.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
020 7377 0226
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Last known address
119-121 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7377 0226 is
- Who else gives the postcode E1 1DT
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Arafa Travel & Money Transfer Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 07691887 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 July 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 119-121 Whitechapel Road, London, E1 1DT, England
- Nature of business
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- Travel agency activities (SIC 79110)
- Other reservation service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 79909)
- Educational support services (SIC 85600)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Md Sadiqur Rahman | Director | Mar 1972 | 12 Nov 2021 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 5 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£7,567
+5.2% from £7,195
Cash at bank
£5,311
+26% from £4,208
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Owed within a year
£2,596
+25% from £2,069
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07691887. 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
Arafa’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
12 November 2021
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Abdus Sabur Uddin gave up control
Companies House
12 October 2021
- Md Sadiqur Rahman took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2017
20 July 2017
- Abdus Sabur Uddin took control (75–100% of shares)
- Oliur Rahman gave up control
Companies House
2016
14 November 2016
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
- Md Sadiqur Rahman gave up control
- Oliur Rahman took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1 July 2016
- Md Sadiqur Rahman took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
16 December 2013
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
16 September 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
1 September 2011
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
4 July 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 25 events
- All 25 events in its history (14 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
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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