Assetfinance March (B) Limited
Reference number: 484490
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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.
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Website
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Phone number
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Address
8 Canada Square, London, E14 5HQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hsbc.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line +44 7991 0367 is
- Who else gives the postcode E14 5HQ
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
- NI007600 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 April 1969 (57 years old)
- Registered office
- 5 Donegal Square South, Belfast, BT1 5JP
- Nature of business
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- Financial leasing (SIC 64910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Okechukwu Uwakwe | Director | Jun 1969 | 12 Sep 2017 | 18 other companies |
| Victoria Kathleen Crowley | Director | Jun 1972 | 29 Jul 2022 | 12 other companies |
| Karim Khelil | Director | Feb 1970 | 1 Jan 2026 | None |
| HSBC CORPORATE SECRETARY (UK) LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 16 Dec 2022 | – |
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
- 18
- closed down
- 12
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 18 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 one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 12 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 31 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Assetfinance March (B)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
26 October 2016
- HSBC Asset Finance (UK) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
9 July 2008
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2004
31 March 2004
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
2002
31 December 2002
- Board replaced: all 4 directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1969
29 April 1969
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 60 events
- All 60 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 55
Firms connected to Assetfinance March (B)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Assetfinance March (B). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 18 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 60 events in its history
- 4 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