No longer an appointed representative
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. Registration ended 15 May 2017.
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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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
07311 127205
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Last known address
20-22 Wenlock Road, London, - - -, N1 7GU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- What kind of line 07311 127205 is
- Whether N1 7GU is a shared office: 86 other firms give it
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
The FCA warning these came from
- Lend Direct; Lend-Direct 19 June 2019
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 10505456 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 December 2016 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 20-22 Wenlock Road, London, N1 7GU, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of venture and development capital companies (SIC 64303)
- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Katherine Jennifer Norris | Director | Nov 1984 | 16 Oct 2025 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£60.0k
−14% from £70.0k
Cash at bank
£3,224
Up £3,156 from £68
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£193k
+61% from £119k
Total equity
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 10505456. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Lend Direct’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
1 December 2025
- Gabsdan Developments Limited gave up control
- Gabsdan Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2019
19 June 2019
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2017
15 May 2017
- Stopped being an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
1 December 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Gabsdan Developments Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 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
- FCA warning: Lend Direct; Lend-Direct fca.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk