bfinance UK Limited
Reference number: 479969
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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
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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Phone number
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Address
B Finance, 2nd floor, 36 Queen Street, London, City Of London, EC4R 1BN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bfinance.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7747 8600 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC4R 1BN
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (10)
- +31 102 005 301
- +31 102 005 302
- +32 460 225 079
- +61 242 166 622
- +61 251 109 669
- 020 3985 808
- 020 3987 5808
- 06468 806282
- 06499 515818
- 07897 043397
Fake email addresses (9)
- ben.m@brownfinance.london
- compliance@brownfinance.london
- dominic.k@brownfinance.london
- jack.l@brownfinance.london
- mario.l@brownfinance.london
- michael.g@brownfinance.london
- support@bfinance.ltd
- support@brownfinance.london
- tyler.k@brownfinance.london
Fake websites (9)
- a-bfinances.com
- ab-fin.co
- ab-fin.com
- abfinances.com
- b-finances.com
- bfinance.ltd
- brown-fin.com
- browns-finance.com
- brownsfinances.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Brown Finance / B-Finances 15 March 2022
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- 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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 03950214 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 March 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- 2nd Floor 36 Queen Street, London, EC4R 1BN, England
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Vafai | Director | Jan 1967 | 23 Feb 2001 | 9 other companies |
| Oded Lahav | Director | Apr 1977 | 30 Mar 2026 | 2 other companies |
| LDC NOMINEE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 1 Feb 2021 | – |
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
- 11
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 10
In the full report: all 11 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
- All 11 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£15.4m
No earlier figure to compare
Profit before tax
£4.59m
No earlier figure to compare
Net assets
£18.1m
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Cash at bank
£2.42m
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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 03950214. 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
Bfinance UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
15 March 2022
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
6 April 2016
- Bfinance International Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2008
21 July 2008
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2000
17 March 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
Firms connected to bfinance UK
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with bfinance UK. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like bfinance UK
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In London
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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 27 events in its history
- 2 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
- FCA warning: Brown Finance / B-Finances fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk