LendInvest Development Limited
Reference number: 784686
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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
4-8 Maple Street, London, W1T 5HD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When lendinvest.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 130 3388 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode W1T 5HD
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
- 07826640 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 27 October 2011 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- 4-8 Maple Street, London, W1T 5HD, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of venture and development capital companies (SIC 64303)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Ian Edward Thomas | Director | Jan 1981 | 27 Oct 2011 | 32 other companies |
| Roderick Alexander Lockhart | Director | Aug 1980 | 27 Jul 2021 | 23 other companies |
| Daniel O’Connor | Director | May 1990 | 25 Mar 2026 | 4 other companies |
| Stephen Michael Shipley | Director | Dec 1967 | 25 Mar 2026 | 12 other companies |
| GRACIE GOVERNANCE SOLUTIONS LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 8 Sep 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
- 36
- closed down
- 11
- are FCA-registered
- 9
In the full report: all 36 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 9 on the FCA register
- The 23 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
LendInvest Development’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
29 March 2018
- Lendinvest Loan Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Lendinvest Ltd gave up control
Companies House
2017
6 December 2017
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Christian Edouard Faes gained significant control
- Christian Edouard Faes no longer has significant control
- Ian Edward Thomas gained significant control
- Ian Edward Thomas no longer has significant control
- Lendinvest Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
27 October 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 19 events
- All 19 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to LendInvest Development
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with LendInvest Development. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 9
- share a director
- 9
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 9 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (9), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (9)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Get the full report on LendInvest Development
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- 36 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 19 events in its history
- 9 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