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 21 March 2013.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
0161 224 1111
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Last known address
88 Dickenson Road, Manchester, M14 5HJ, United Kingdom
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- What kind of line 0161 224 1111 is
- Who else gives the postcode M14 5HJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Saifuddin Chaudry Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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.
Key dates in its history
City Business Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2013
16 September 2013
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- No longer supervised by HMRC
FCA register
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
31 March 2013
- No longer regulated by the Financial Services Authority
FCA register
21 March 2013
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
2011
24 January 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
5 January 2011
- Changed its registered name from "Saifuddin Chaudry"
FCA register
2003
2 June 2003
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
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