On the register, but not FCA authorised
This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is how cryptoasset firms are registered. That is not authorisation: the FCA does not oversee how it treats customers, and FSCS protection does not apply.
- Registered for 3 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2022
- Its whole board of directors changed in July 2025
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 compensation to fall back on. The FCA's own position is that crypto is largely unregulated in the UK and that compensation for crypto losses is highly unlikely.
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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Phone number
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Address
5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line +352 2620 1235 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC4A 3TW
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 generally does not cover unregulated cryptoasset activity.
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 name
- BITSTAMP UK LTD
- Company number
- 14174243 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 June 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- 5 New Street Square, London, EC4A 3TW, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johann Kerbrat | Director | Dec 1989 | 14 Jul 2025 | None |
| Nicola White | Director | Dec 1979 | 14 Jul 2025 | 1 other company |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Bitstamp UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
14 July 2025
- Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2023
13 June 2023
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
3 February 2023
- Bitstamp Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Jungmin Kim stopped being a part-owner
- Jungyun Kim stopped being a part-owner
- Yoo Jung-Hyun gave up control
Companies House
2022
8 September 2022
- Jungmin Kim became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Jungyun Kim became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
15 June 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Yoo Jung-Hyun took control (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 19 events
- All 19 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 19 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Crypto: what the FCA registration means fca.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk