Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Coface UK, 34 Clarendon Road, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD17 1JJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When coface.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01923 478100 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode WD17 1JJ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Coface Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Coface UK Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Accepting Deposits
- Carrying out contracts of insurance
- Effecting contracts of insurance
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 name
- COFACE
- Company number
- BR001974 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Open
- Company type
- UK establishment of an overseas company
- Incorporated
- 15 October 1993 (33 years old)
- Registered office
- 34 Clarendon Road, Watford, WD17 1JJ
Key dates in its history
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
16 March 2022
- Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2001
5 December 2001
- Regulated by the Commission de Contrôle des Assurances from this date
FCA register
3 December 2001
- Regulated by the Commissariat aux Assurances from this date
FCA register
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Regulated by the Ministere de l'Economie et des Finances Direction du Tresor Service des Affaire from this date
FCA register
1993
15 October 1993
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1901
1 January 1901
- Supervised by HM Treasury under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (9 shown here)
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (insurer), nearest first.
In Watford
In the Watford (WD) postcode area
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 16 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk