Chg-Meridian UK Limited
Reference number: 657472
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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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Phone number
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Address
65 High Street, Egham, Surrey, TW20 9AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When chg-meridian.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01784 470701 is
- Who else gives the postcode TW20 9AB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- CHG - Meridian Computer Leasing UK Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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
- 01276016 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 September 1976 (50 years old)
- Registered office
- 65 High Street, Egham, TW20 9EY, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial leasing (SIC 64910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Mathias Wagner (Dr) | Director | Nov 1971 | 10 Mar 2014 | 2 other companies |
| Declan Martin Mcglone | Director | Aug 1965 | 5 Jan 2017 | 11 other companies |
| Simon James Young | Director | Apr 1976 | 5 Nov 2018 | 7 other companies |
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
- 14
- closed down
- 12
- run together
- 4
In the full report: all 14 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 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 19 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Chg-Meridian UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
8 April 2025
- Chg-Meridian (Holdings) UK Limited took control (75–100% of votes)
- Chg-Meridian Limited gave up control
Companies House
2020
7 December 2020
- Changed its registered name from "CHG - Meridian Computer Leasing UK Ltd"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Chg-Meridian Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Frank Gelf gained 25–50% of the votes
- Frank Gelf no longer holds 25–50% of the votes
- Juergen Mossakowski gained 25–50% of the votes
- Juergen Mossakowski no longer holds 25–50% of the votes
- Susanne Gelf-Kapler gained 25–50% of the votes
- Susanne Gelf-Kapler no longer holds 25–50% of the votes
Companies House
2014
7 December 2014
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
1976
6 September 1976
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 45 events
- All 45 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 33
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 45 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk