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 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2024
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2025
Responsible principal firm
CFBUK Network Ltd Reference number: 948648 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.
- Finance Bureau Ltd (FRN 1010721) is an AR of CFBUK Network Ltd (FRN 948648). When you use Finance Bureau's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Finance Bureau, 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
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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Phone number
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Address
Unit 13, Bourne Court, Unity Trading Estate, Southend Road, Woodford Green, Redbridge, IG8 8HD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07944 489625 is
- Who else gives the postcode IG8 8HD
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- The Loans Group Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Loans Group Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through CFBUK Network Ltd, 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 number
- 15411630 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 January 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- 13 Bourne Court, Suite 1,, Southend Road,, Woodford Green,, Essex, IG8 8HD, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zulfiqar Hussain | Director | Jul 1983 | 15 Jan 2024 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£574
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
1
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Owed within a year
£3,578
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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 15411630. 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
Finance Bureau’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
7 October 2025
- Changed its registered name from "The Loans Group Limited"
- Began trading as "The Loans Group"
FCA register
2024
9 March 2024
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
15 January 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Zulfiqar Hussain took control (75–100% of shares)
- Zulfiqar Hussain appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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