Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2005
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £1.13m more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Razlin Limited Reference number: 730805 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Drake Star UK Limited (FRN 942020) is an AR of Razlin Limited (FRN 730805). When you use Drake Star UK's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Drake Star UK, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
2 LEMAN STREET, London, E1W 9US, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3907 3976 is
- Who else gives the postcode E1W 9US
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Razlin Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- DRAKE STAR UK LTD
- Company number
- 05440442 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 April 2005 (21 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Leman Street, London, E1W 9US, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gregory R Bedrosian | Director | Sep 1966 | 10 Aug 2021 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits 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
Net assets
−£1.13m
−220% from £942k
Cash at bank
£9,638
−99% from £673k
Employees (average)
9
−10% from 10
Owed within a year
£2.46m
+13% from £2.17m
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £1.13m more than it owned.
Net assets
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 05440442. 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
Drake Star UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
10 August 2021
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2020
29 December 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2017
6 June 2017
- Drake Star Partners Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Marc Joseph Roland Deschamps stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2016
1 September 2016
- Francis Lorentz stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
16 August 2016
- Ld&A Jupiter Sas gave up control
- Ld&A Jupiter Sas took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
22 July 2016
- Francis Lorentz became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Marc Joseph Roland Deschamps became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2005
29 April 2005
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk