No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 20 December 2013.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
0117 951 2005
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Last known address
101 St. Marks Road, Bristol, Avon, BS5 6HY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0117 951 2005 is
- Who else gives the postcode BS5 6HY
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Universal Travel & Money Transfer Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 06410957 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 October 2007 (19 years old)
- Registered office
- 101 St. Marks Road, Bristol, BS5 6HY
- Nature of business
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- Travel agency activities (SIC 79110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barkat Ahmed | Director | Feb 1959 | 29 Oct 2007 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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- other company
- 1
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£3,776
−5.9% from £4,014
Cash at bank
£422
Up £13 from £409
Employees (average)
2
No earlier figure to compare
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06410957. 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
Btop’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
1 July 2016
- Barkat Ahmed took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
20 December 2013
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2010
13 December 2010
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2007
29 October 2007
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
26 October 2007
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 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
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