No longer authorised
Festus Abu is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 14 March 2013.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
020 8569 4714
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Last known address
3B Cavendish Parade, Bath Road, Hounslow, Middlesex, TW4 7DJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 8569 4714 is
- Who else gives the postcode TW4 7DJ
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Efewen Afro & Carribbean Supermarket Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Efewen Business Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Efewen Afro-Carri Supermarket Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Efewen New Generation Company Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Efewen Afro and Carri Supermarket Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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.
Key dates in its history
Festus Abu’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2013
27 June 2013
- Changed its registered name from "Efewen New Generation Company Ltd"
FCA register
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
14 March 2013
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
2012
1 February 2012
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
2011
16 December 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
22 March 2011
- Changed its registered name from "Efewen Afro-Carri Supermarket"
FCA register
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (6 shown here)
Firms like Festus Abu
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In Hounslow
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk