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.
- Registered for under a year
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2017
- Accounts filed up to 28 February 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 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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Tallis House, 2 Tallis street, London, EC4Y 0AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode EC4Y 0AB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Christopher Finance UK Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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
- 10572984 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 January 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- Tallis House, 2 Tallis Street, London, EC4Y 0AB, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christoffel Pienaar Van Zyl | Director | Apr 1972 | 12 Oct 2018 | 2 other companies |
| Hanneke Farrand | Director | Jul 1970 | 12 Jun 2024 | 1 other company |
| Stephanie Zoe Elizabeth Paparizos | Director | Jan 1971 | 1 Sep 2025 | None |
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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 3 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
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£305k
Up £305k from £0
Net assets
£946k
Up £950k from −£3,559
Employees (average)
1
Up 1 from 0
Owed within a year
£309k
Up £304k from £4,880
Turnover
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10572984. 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
Christopher Administration’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
7 November 2025
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2024
30 July 2024
- Christoffel Pienaar Van Zyl stopped being a part-owner
- Christopher UK Holdings Pty Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
26 February 2024
- Hugh Preston stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
29 May 2018
- Christoffel Pienaar Van Zyl became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
4 November 2017
- Christoffel Van Zyl stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
19 January 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Christoffel Van Zyl became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Hugh Preston became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Christopher Administration
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Christopher Administration. 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
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk