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 22 May 2014.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
0161 224 3330
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Last known address
628 Stockport Road, Longsight, Manchester, Lancashire, M13 0SH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0161 224 3330 is
- Who else gives the postcode M13 0SH
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Essa Express Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company as dissolved.
- Company number
- 05954731 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Dissolved
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 October 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abdul Karim | Director | Nov 1973 | 22 Jan 2007 | 17 other companies |
| Muhammad Farooq Dar | Director | May 1959 | 1 Sep 2008 | None |
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
- 17
- closed down
- 7
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 17 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 3 on the FCA register, including 2 no longer authorised
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£66.0k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£3,425
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Owed within a year
£9,697
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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 05954731. 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
Karim Money Exchange’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2015
3 November 2015
- Company dissolved
Companies House
2014
22 May 2014
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Authorised PI"
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2009
1 November 2009
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
25 August 2009
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
2006
3 October 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Karim Money Exchange
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Karim Money Exchange. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 3 past links through former directors
Firms like Karim Money Exchange
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
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- 17 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 14 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk