No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 28 May 2021.
This FCA record is no longer authorised, but the company is still on the register with full FCA authorisation under FRN 934392 →.
This company holds 2 other FCA records
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Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
hopemacy.com
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Last known phone number
07562 714383
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Last known address
71-75, Shelton Street, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When hopemacy.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07562 714383 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Whether WC2H 9JQ is a shared office: 186 other firms give it
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Helpbot Ltd. Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 11621440 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 October 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- W2 Business Centre Wellington House (First Floor), Wellington Street, Cardiff, CF11 9BE, Wales
- Nature of business
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- Business and domestic software development (SIC 62012)
- Information technology consultancy activities (SIC 62020)
- Data processing, hosting and related activities (SIC 63110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Norman Manning | Director | May 1962 | 14 Oct 2018 | 10 other companies |
| Bryan David Foss | Director | Jun 1954 | 21 Jul 2022 | 2 other companies |
| Luke Michael Scowen | Director | Aug 1993 | 14 Aug 2026 | 5 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 14
- closed down
- 7
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 14 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 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 2 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£184k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£121k
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
0
−100% from 3
Owed within a year
£35.6k
+688% from £4,517
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11621440. 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
Hope Macy’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
28 May 2021
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - RAISP"
FCA register
2020
21 May 2020
- Graham Michael Clemow stopped being a part-owner
- Obrenza Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Samuel Norman Manning gave up control
Companies House
11 May 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Helpbot Ltd."
FCA register
2019
14 January 2019
- Graham Michael Clemow became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2018
3 December 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
14 October 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Samuel Norman Manning took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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- 14 other companies its directors have run, named
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- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 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