GSR Markets UK Limited
Reference number: 1018980
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On the register, but not FCA authorised
This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is how cryptoasset firms are registered. That is not authorisation: the FCA does not oversee how it treats customers, and FSCS protection does not apply.
What does this mean?
- Some businesses are required by law to have an anti-money-laundering supervisor. For this kind of business that supervisor is the FCA, and the registration is the only reason the firm appears on the FCA register.
- What the FCA checks is narrow: that the firm identifies its customers, keeps records, and reports suspicious activity. It is the anti-crime paperwork behind a bank asking you for ID.
- It does not check anything about you as a customer. Not whether the firm treats you fairly, not whether it is financially sound, not whether what it sells is any good. The FCA describes firms registered this way as “not authorised or subject to wider FCA regulation”.
- So if the firm fails or treats you badly, there is no compensation to fall back on. The FCA's own position is that crypto is largely unregulated in the UK and that compensation for crypto losses is highly unlikely.
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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
3rd Floor, 65 Curzon Street, London, Westminster, W1J 8PE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When gsr.io first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7788 4747 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1J 8PE
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Money-laundering registration onlyThis firm is registered for anti-money-laundering supervision only. It is not FCA-authorised. Money you hand over is not protected by the FSCS, and the Financial Ombudsman Service generally does not cover unregulated cryptoasset activity.
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
- 14832367 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 April 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Zedra Booths Hall, Booths Park 3, Chelford Road, Knutsford, Cheshire, WA16 8GS, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Jon Anderson | Director | Sep 1961 | 27 Apr 2023 | 1 other company |
| Carl Jakob Kule Palmstierna | Director | May 1981 | 27 Apr 2023 | 3 other companies |
| ZEDRA CORPORATE AND PRIVATE OFFICE (UK) LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 27 Apr 2023 | – |
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 companies
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 3 companies, 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
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
GSR Markets UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
31 December 2024
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2023
27 April 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Gsr International Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to GSR Markets UK
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with GSR Markets UK. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 7 events in its history
- 4 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
- Crypto: what the FCA registration means fca.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk