HSBC Equipment Finance (UK) Limited
Reference number: 484360
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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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Phone number
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Address
1 Centenary Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 1HQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When business.hsbc.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0345 607 6007 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode B1 1HQ
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
- 01503727 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 June 1980 (46 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Centenary Square, Birmingham, B1 1HQ, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sacha Balachandran | Director | Mar 1971 | 15 Dec 2021 | 5 other companies |
| Matthew James Osborne | Director | Oct 1974 | 1 Jan 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Ramona Rus | Director | Nov 1985 | 1 Jan 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Jodi Emma Rao | Director | Nov 1981 | 2 Apr 2026 | None |
| Ruzina Miah | Secretary | Not published | 2 Apr 2026 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 5
- closed down
- 2
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 45 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
HSBC Equipment Finance (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
1 July 2018
- HSBC Bank PLC gave up control
- HSBC UK Bank PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
28 February 2018
- HSBC Asset Finance Holdings Limited gave up control
- HSBC Bank PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
26 October 2016
- HSBC Asset Finance Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
10 June 2008
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
1980
24 June 1980
- Incorporated at Companies House
- HSBC Equipment Finance (UK) Limited gave up control
- HSBC Equipment Finance (UK) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 93 events
- All 93 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 84
Firms connected to HSBC Equipment Finance (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with HSBC Equipment Finance (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 93 events in its history
- 2 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk