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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No website on the FCA register
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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Bury Manor Offices, Woodcroft Lane, Wick, Bristol, BS30 5SH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode BS30 5SH
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Black and White Bridging Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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
- 14653934 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 February 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- York House 1300 Parkway North, Stoke Gifford, Bristol, BS34 8YU, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martyn Scott Smith | Director | Sep 1961 | 10 Feb 2023 | 23 other companies |
| Matthew James Robert Anderson | Director | Nov 1964 | 1 Apr 2025 | 10 other companies |
| John Peter Bigwood | Director | Feb 1967 | 1 Apr 2025 | 13 other companies |
| Damien Rodney Lee Druce | Director | Jan 1979 | 1 Apr 2025 | 10 other companies |
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
- 29
- closed down
- 4
- are FCA-registered
- 7
In the full report: all 29 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 7 on the FCA register
- The 11 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£1.65m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£32.6k
Up £32.6k from £2
Owed within a year
£18.1k
No earlier figure to compare
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 14653934. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Bath and West Finance 5’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
25 June 2024
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2023
10 February 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Bath And West Finance Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Martyn Scott Smith gained significant control
- Martyn Scott Smith no longer has significant control
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Bath and West Finance 5
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bath and West Finance 5. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 6
- share a director
- 6
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 6 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (6), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
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- 29 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 12 events in its history
- 6 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