Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
16 Berkeley Street, London, Westminster, W1J 8DZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When cfi.trade first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3907 4131 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1J 8DZ
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- CFI Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- CFI Financial Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- cfi.trade Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- CFI UK Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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 phone numbers (1)
- +852 51368538
Fake email addresses (1)
- info@cfi-hk.net
Fake websites (1)
- cfihongkong.com
The FCA warning these came from
- CFI HK Group 22 February 2021
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- 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 (4 permissions)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
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Unable to act as Principal
The firm is unable to register or oversee any Appointed Representatives as defined by section 39 of FSMA
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No referrals to non-EEA entities
The firm must not refer a client to a non-EEA entity for an investment service, and must not refer a client to any person with a view to them being passed to a non-EEA entity for an investment service. In this requirement non EEA entity means an entity that has its registered office (or, if it has no registered office, its head office) in a non- EEA state. (investment service) has the meaning set out in the FCA Handbook Glossary as amended from time to time, and includes a service which is provided outside of the EEA.
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.
- Company number
- 11634673 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 October 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- 16 Berkeley Street, London, W1J 8DZ, England
- Nature of business
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- Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (SIC 66120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohamad Daher | Director | Oct 1987 | 17 Mar 2020 | None |
| Jerome Thompson | Director | Dec 1976 | 11 Jun 2024 | 3 other companies |
| Mazin Abbas | Director | Oct 1981 | 27 Oct 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
- 2
- still active
- 1
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 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£48.1k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Total equity
£768k
+119% from £351k
Cash at bank
£424k
+32% from £320k
Owed within a year
£22.5k
+130% from £9,810
The previous accounts cover 15 months, so turnover and profit are not compared with them.
Assets and liabilities
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 11634673. 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
Credit Financier Invest’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
22 February 2021
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2019
15 October 2019
- FCA imposed a requirement (No referrals to non-EEA entities)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Unable to act as Principal)
FCA register
14 October 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2018
24 October 2018
- Cfi Financial Group Holding Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
22 October 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 15
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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: CFI HK Group fca.org.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