Hope Capital 2 Limited: FCA regulated?

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.

Registered for under a year
No FCA actions
Active company since 2017
Accounts filed up to 31 January 2023
Accounts are overdue at Companies House

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.

No website on the FCA register
No phone number on the FCA register
Address

Alaska House North Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic Park, Bootle, Merseyside, L30 4AB, United Kingdom

In the full report: 1 background check

Who else gives the postcode L30 4AB

Past FCA permissions and consumer protection

Money-laundering registration only
This 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.

Concerns on the company record

Accounts are overdue at Companies House.

Company number: 11117351 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Private limited company
Incorporated: 19 December 2017 (8 years old)
Registered office: Alaska House North Atlantic Avenue, Atlantic Park, Bootle, L30 4AB, England
Nature of business: Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Jonathan Robert Sealey	Director	Feb 1984	19 Dec 2017	None
Katie Cowan	Director	Jan 1981	2 Sep 2019	6 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: 6
still active: 6
are FCA-registered: 2

In the full report: all 6 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 2 on the FCA register
All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 January 2023Full accountsNot audited

Total equity

£602k

+26% from £480k

Cash at bank

£404k

−13% from £467k

Employees (average)

0

Same as 0

Owed within a year

£38.5m

−14% from £44.9m

Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.

Total equity

In the full report: all 4 years of accounts

Every year from 2020 to 2023
The chart, 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 11117351. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.

Key dates in its history

Hope Capital 2’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (3) All events (7)

2026

21 July 2026

Registered with the FCA

FCA register

2017

19 December 2017

Incorporated at Companies House
Hope Capital 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 Hope Capital 2

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Hope Capital 2. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms: 3
share a director: 2
share its postcode: 3

In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named

How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (3)
Who links each one: the named directors, with dates

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6 other companies its directors have run, named
1 background check on its contact details
4 years of accounts, charted
All 7 events in its history
3 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Hope Capital 2 Limited FCA authorised?

Hope Capital 2 Limited (FRN 1053384) is registered with the FCA under the Money Laundering Regulations only. That is anti-money-laundering supervision, not FCA authorisation, and the FCA does not supervise the firm's conduct.

Is Hope Capital 2 a scam or clone?

Hope Capital 2 is genuinely on the FCA's money-laundering register, so it is not an outright fake, but registration is not authorisation, and scammers impersonate registered firms too. Verify contact details against the register before sending money.

Is my money safe with Hope Capital 2?

Money you hand to Hope Capital 2 is not protected by the FSCS. Money-laundering registration carries no compensation scheme, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.

Who owns Hope Capital 2?

Hope Capital 2 is owned by Hope Capital Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 19 December 2017.

Who runs Hope Capital 2?

Companies House lists 2 directors of Hope Capital 2: Jonathan Robert Sealey and Katie Cowan.

How long has Hope Capital 2 been in business?

The company was formed on 19 December 2017.

What do Hope Capital 2’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 January 2023, show total equity of £602k (+26% from £480k) and cash at bank of £404k (−13% from £467k). Its accounts are overdue at Companies House.