Authorised, but in an insolvency process
This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.
- No FCA actions
- Company: in administration
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
What the FCA says
ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process
This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).
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
Joshua Dwyer and Robert Spence, Interpath Ltd, 10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode EC4M 7RB
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Solaris Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- G-T-P Financial Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake websites (1)
- fxsolaris.com
The FCA warning these came from
- FX Solaris 10 February 2025
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
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- a) Services enabling cash placement on a payment account
- b) Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account
- c) Execution of payment transactions (not covered by a credit line)
- d) Execution of payment transactions (covered by a credit line)
- e) Issuing payment instruments or acquiring payment transactions
- f) Money remittance
- g) Execution of payment transactions via telecoms, IT system or network operator
- h) Issuing Electronic Money
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in administration, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 06085862 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Administration
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 February 2007 (19 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Interpath 10, Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7RB
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Key dates in its history
Contis Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
10 February 2025
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2022
6 December 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Contis Financial Services Limited"
FCA register
2018
2 February 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2016
30 June 2016
- Contis Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
12 September 2011
- Changed its registered name from "G-T-P Financial Services Ltd"
FCA register
25 July 2011
- Board replaced: both directors left and 3 new directors took over
Companies House
19 July 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2007
6 February 2007
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 39 events
- All 39 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 26
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- FCA warning: FX Solaris fca.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk