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
Central Square South, Orchard Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear, NE1 3AZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When harlandsgroup.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01444 221050 is
- Who else gives the postcode NE1 3AZ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Harlands Group Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Xplor Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- 3. Executing payment transactions (no credit line)
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
- 02982925 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 October 1994 (31 years old)
- Registered office
- 1st Floor Central Square South, Orchard Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 3AZ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Carabin | Director | Nov 1964 | 15 Mar 2023 | 27 other companies |
| Nicola Dorothy Mcguiness-Brown | Director | Mar 1981 | 19 Oct 2023 | 14 other companies |
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
- 27
- closed down
- 8
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 27 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 one on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 14 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 18 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Harlands Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
26 February 2018
- Became an authorised payment institution
FCA register
2017
21 September 2017
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Harlands Group Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2002
30 July 2002
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1994
25 October 1994
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 41 events
- All 41 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 34
Firms connected to Harlands Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Harlands Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Harlands Services
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In Newcastle upon Tyne
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- 27 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 41 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
- 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