Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
The Racquets Court, 3 College Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8JG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When giraffeprivatefinance.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07775 175763 is
- Who else gives the postcode NE1 8JG
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Giraffe International Finance limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- 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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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL Advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Acting as a CBTL Arranger
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Credit Broking
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 12063870 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 June 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- The Racquets Court, 3 College Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 8JG, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathryn Lindsey Turner | Director | Jul 1979 | 21 Jun 2019 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£16.6k
−18% from £20.4k
Cash at bank
£22.0k
+41% from £15.6k
Employees (average)
1
Same as 1
Owed within a year
£6,781
−12% from £7,706
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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 12063870. 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
Giraffe Private Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
6 November 2023
- FCA recorded a standard requirement (Financial Promotions for own firm, ARs and other members of the group)
FCA register
2021
11 January 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Giraffe International Finance limited"
FCA register
8 January 2021
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Changed its registered name from "GIRAFFE PRIVATE FINANCE LIMITED"
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2019
21 June 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Kathryn Lindsey Turner took control (75–100% of shares)
- Kathryn Lindsey Turner appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Giraffe Private Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Giraffe Private Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Giraffe Private Finance
Other firms of the same type (mortgage adviser or broker), nearest first.
In Newcastle upon Tyne
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- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 8 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk