Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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
100 Pall Mall, London, SW1Y 5NQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7112 9005 is
- Who else gives the postcode SW1Y 5NQ
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- GCA Asset Management Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Gulf Central Agency Asset Management Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Gulf Central Agency Asset Management Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake websites (1)
- gulsfx.co
The FCA warning these came from
- Gulf FX 21 January 2019
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- 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.
- 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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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
- This firm may handle your money in passing but must not hold it, so payments should go to the product provider, never to a personal account.
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 07815981 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 October 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 22a St. James's Square, London, SW1Y 4LB, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakim Azaiez | Director | Apr 1985 | 19 Oct 2011 | 2 other companies |
| DAVANTI BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LTD | Corporate secretary | Not published | 5 Apr 2017 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£1,274
−100% from £457k
Total equity
£590k
−9.1% from £649k
Cash at bank
£666k
−28% from £925k
Owed within a year
£2.71m
+625% from £374k
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07815981. 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
Gulf Central Merchant Bank’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
6 April 2025
- Hannah Field-Azaiez became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2019
21 January 2019
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2017
7 June 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Gulf Central Agency Asset Management Ltd"
FCA register
2016
19 October 2016
- Hakim Azaiez became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2015
19 January 2015
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
FCA register
2013
12 July 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2011
19 October 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Gulf Central Merchant Bank
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Gulf Central Merchant Bank. 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
Firms like Gulf Central Merchant Bank
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In London
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 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
- FCA warning: Gulf FX fca.org.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