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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Phone number
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Address
Steel Ciry House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 1GQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0114 206 2157 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode S1 1GQ
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
- 09091930 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 June 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Steel City House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 2GQ
- Nature of business
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- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leandros Kalisperas | Director | Jun 1977 | 1 Feb 2025 | 4 other companies |
| Thomas Matthew Horton | Director | May 1988 | 27 Mar 2025 | 2 other companies |
| David Edward Hourican | Director | May 1972 | 1 Oct 2026 | 7 other companies |
| Esi Addae Eshun | Secretary | Not published | 20 Nov 2023 | – |
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
- 7
- still active
- 7
- 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 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 19 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
British Business Investments’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
11 August 2023
- British Business Bank PLC gave up control
Companies House
2020
11 November 2020
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2018
7 June 2018
- Bbb Investment Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- British Business Bank PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
18 June 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 40 events
- All 40 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 35
Firms connected to British Business Investments
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with British Business Investments. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 40 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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