Global Star Finance Ltd
Reference number: 902043
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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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Brixton Suite Office Vintage House, 36 - 37, Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- When thepaymentsfactory.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- Who else gives the postcode SE1 7TL
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- The Payments Factory Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- TPF Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- The Payment Factory Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguardedYour money must be kept in a separate safeguarded account. If the firm fails, all safeguarded funds should be returned to you. With no upper limit, unlike the capped amounts under FSCS. Safeguarding works differently from FSCS, but protects your full balance when the rules are followed correctly.
- 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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- a) Services enabling cash placement on a payment account
- b) Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account
- c) Execution of payment transactions (not covered by a credit line)
- d) Execution of payment transactions (covered by a credit line)
- e) Issuing payment instruments or acquiring payment transactions
- f) Money remittance
- h) Issuing Electronic Money
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
- 11102212 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 December 2017 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- Brixton Suite Office Vintage House, 36 - 37, Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TL, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Md Anwarul Haque | Director | May 1987 | 4 Dec 2021 | 1 other company |
| Georgios Haralambous | Director | Apr 1973 | 5 Mar 2022 | None |
Other companies run by these 2 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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£308k
<1% from £310k
Employees (average)
0
−100% from 5
Owed within a year
£31.0k
+139% from £13.0k
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2020 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £5,902, for the year to 31 December 2019.
Assets and liabilities
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11102212. 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
Global Star Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
12 November 2024
- Gsf Europe Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Joan Roger Beaufort gave up control
Companies House
2022
24 January 2022
- Andreas Tserni no longer has significant control
- Joan Roger Beaufort took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2019
6 January 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2017
7 December 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Andreas Tserni gained significant control
Companies House
In the full report: all 24 events
- All 24 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 12
Firms connected to Global Star Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Global Star Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Global Star Finance
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 24 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, 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
- How safeguarding works fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk