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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
1-3 Canfield Place, London, NW6 3BT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0800 848 8480 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode NW6 3BT
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
- 12118918 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 July 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor 86 - 90 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NE, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of venture and development capital companies (SIC 64303)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jonathan Lior Stern | Director | Jul 1983 | 24 Jul 2019 | 6 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
- 6
- still active
- 6
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 6 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
- The 4 on the FCA register
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£251k
+119% from £115k
Cash at bank
£702k
Up £700k from £1,654
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£167k
−6.9% from £180k
Assets and liabilities
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 12118918. 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
Merchant Money SPV A’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
31 July 2020
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2019
24 July 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Merchant Money Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 6 events
- All 6 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Merchant Money SPV A
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Merchant Money SPV A. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 4
- share its phone number
- 3
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same phone number (3), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 6 events in its history
- 5 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