Astral Financial Ltd

Reference number: 801104

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Authorised by the FCA

This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.

Website, phone number and address

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In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look

  • When astral-financial.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 3143 7480 is
  • Who else gives the postcode W6 8DA
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Other names (4)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Astral Trading name
  • Alpha Securities Holdings Limited Former name
  • GLOBAL TRANSACTION MARKET LIMITED Former name
  • GTM Former trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may apply
    Eligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
  • Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
  • Dealing in investments as agent
  • Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments

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
10950145
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
7 September 2017 (9 years old)
Registered office
3 Shortlands, London, W6 8DA, England
Nature of business
  • Activities of financial services holding companies (SIC 64205)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Darren Vickers Director Jul 1970 2 Oct 2019 7 other companies
Kwok Hong Chu Director Nov 1959 11 Jan 2022 None

Other companies run by these 2 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
7
closed down
4
is FCA-registered
1

In the full report: all 7 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The one on the FCA register
  • All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 September 2024Full accountsAudited

Profit before tax

−£302k

Down £21.2k from −£280k

Total equity

£141k

−57% from £327k

Cash at bank

£105k

−65% from £296k

Employees (average)

3

Same as 3

The accounts for the year to 30 September 2024 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £10.9k, for the year to 30 September 2022.

Profit before tax

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 to 2024
  • Both charts, 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.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10950145. 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

Astral Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (12) All events (25)

2024

29 April 2024

  • Changed its registered name from "GLOBAL TRANSACTION MARKET LIMITED"

FCA register

2019

15 March 2019

  • Changed its registered name from "Alpha Securities Holdings Limited"

FCA register

8 March 2019

  • Guangru Xie took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Hui Zhao stopped being a part-owner
  • Thibaut Pierre Alexandre Lefeu stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2018

18 April 2018

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • Became authorised by the FCA

FCA register

11 April 2018

  • Xiaogang Pan stopped being the majority owner

Companies House

2017

14 November 2017

  • Xiaogang Pan became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)

Companies House

7 September 2017

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Hui Zhao became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Thibaut Pierre Alexandre Lefeu became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 25 events

  • All 25 events in its history (12 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 8
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Firms connected to Astral Financial

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

past link
1

In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named

  • 1 past link through former directors
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Everything on this page, plus everything locked above, in one dated PDF you can keep, file or send on.

  • 7 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • 5 years of accounts, charted
  • All 25 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Astral Financial Ltd FCA authorised?
Yes, Astral Financial Ltd (FRN 801104) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since April 2018. The FCA has placed no limits on its permissions.
What is Astral Financial’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 3143 7480 and the website astral-financial.com for Astral Financial. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Astral Financial a scam or clone?
Astral Financial is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Astral Financial?
It is permitted to hold and control client money, which it must keep separate from its own. It depends on the product, but eligible claims may be protected by the FSCS. You can also refer complaints about Astral Financial to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Astral Financial?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Astral Financial: Mr Guangru Xie (75–100% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Mr Thibaut Pierre Alexandre Lefeu, Mr Hui Zhao and Mr Xiaogang Pan.
Who runs Astral Financial?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Astral Financial: Darren Vickers and Kwok Hong Chu.
How long has Astral Financial been in business?
The company was formed on 7 September 2017, and has held its current FCA authorisation since April 2018.
What do Astral Financial’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 30 September 2024, show profit before tax of −£302k (down £21.2k from −£280k) and total equity of £141k (−57% from £327k).
Does Astral Financial use any other names?
It trades as Astral. It has previously used 3 other names: Alpha Securities Holdings Limited, GLOBAL TRANSACTION MARKET LIMITED and GTM.

Sources and links

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