Harrods Limited
Reference number: 420669
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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 why it appears on the register. 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 FSCS compensation, and the Financial Ombudsman Service usually cannot look at a complaint about unregulated business.
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
87-135 Brompton Road, Knightbridge, London, SW1X 7XL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When harrods.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07342 055626 is
- Who else gives the postcode SW1X 7XL
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 may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
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
- 00030209 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 November 1889 (136 years old)
- Registered office
- 87/135 Brompton Road, London, SW1X 7XL
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale in non-specialised stores (SIC 47190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Michael Ashley Ward | Director | Jul 1956 | 1 Aug 2006 | 193 other companies |
| Ugo Arzani | Director | May 1974 | 26 Jul 2022 | 1 other company |
| Davide Luigi Vimercati | Director | Jun 1971 | 26 Jul 2022 | None |
| Mohammed Saif Al-Sowaidi | Director | Oct 1981 | 14 Jan 2025 | None |
| Geoffrey Paul Weaver | Director | Aug 1982 | 3 Jun 2025 | 26 other companies |
| Daniel Jonathan Webster | Secretary | Not published | 15 Jan 2015 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 202
- closed down
- 147
- went insolvent
- 3
In the full report: all 202 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 3 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 18 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 70 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Harrods’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Harrods (UK) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2007
20 December 2007
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
1889
20 November 1889
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 130 events
- All 130 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 127
Firms connected to Harrods
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Harrods. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past links
- 2
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Harrods
Other firms of the same type (retailer), nearest first.
In the South West London (SW) postcode area
Firms are listed by type and location, best known first. Being listed is not a recommendation: check any firm before you deal with it.
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- 202 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 130 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk