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 liquidation
- 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
Edward Terence Kerr, Regent House Clinton Avenue, London, Nottingham, NG5 1AZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode NG5 1AZ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- London Small Business Centre Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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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- Credit Broking
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in liquidation, 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 name
- EAST LONDON SMALL BUSINESS CENTRE LIMITED
- Company number
- 01400613 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 20 November 1978 (47 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Bdo Llp 5 Temple Square, Temple Street, Liverpool, L2 5RH
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laurence Michael Wiseman | Director | Jan 1959 | 1 Jan 2014 | 16 other companies |
| Nicholas William Doyle | Director | Aug 1966 | 6 Dec 2016 | 8 other companies |
| Philip Roger Watkins | Director | Apr 1959 | 6 Dec 2016 | 6 other companies |
| Joanna Clarke | Director | Dec 1961 | 5 Apr 2018 | 14 other companies |
| James Robert Pinchbeck | Director | Feb 1964 | 5 Apr 2018 | 22 other companies |
| Lucy Jane Cannell | Secretary | Not published | 16 Apr 2018 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 41
- closed down
- 15
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 41 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 11 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 58 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
East London Small Business Centre’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
25 June 2018
- Norfolk And Waveney Enterprise Services Limited gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 December 2016
- Norfolk And Waveney Enterprise Services Limited took control (75–100% of votes)
Companies House
12 October 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1978
20 November 1978
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 110 events
- All 110 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 102
Firms connected to East London Small Business Centre
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with East London Small Business Centre. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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- 41 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 110 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk