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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Phone number
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Address
Sterling House, 19 Holborn, London, City Of London, EC1N 2JS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When fastcredit.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 093 0043 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC1N 2JS
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Fast Credit Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- FC Capital Limited 1 Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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 (2)
- 07577 090722
- 07836 669017
The FCA warning these came from
- theinstantloanservice@gmail.com 10 October 2025
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- 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.
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
- 10004632 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 February 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 19 Holborn, London, EC1N 2JS, England
- Nature of business
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- Retail sale of watches and jewellery in specialised stores (SIC 47770)
- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artur Asatryan | Director | Nov 1987 | 15 Feb 2016 | 4 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
- 4
- closed down
- 3
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 4 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
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£36.7m
+105% from £17.9m
Profit before tax
£17.6m
+177% from £6.36m
Net assets
£42.6m
+46% from £29.2m
Cash at bank
£1.84m
−80% from £9.36m
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 8 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Figures from the year to 31 December 2024 are for the group: the company and the businesses it owns. Earlier years are the company’s own accounts, from before it had a group.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10004632. 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
FC Capital’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
10 October 2025
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2021
16 December 2021
- Vahe Badalyan stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
13 July 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Vahe Badalyan became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Vigen Badalyan became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
15 February 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 8 years of accounts, charted
- All 14 events in its history
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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: theinstantloanservice@gmail.com fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk