MSP Capital Ltd
Reference number: 706350
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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.
- Registered for 10 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1981
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2021
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 phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Strata House, 12-14 Castle Street, Poole, Dorset, BH15 1BQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- When mspcapital.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- Who else gives the postcode BH15 1BQ
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
- 01543169 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 February 1981 (45 years old)
- Registered office
- Strata House, 12-14 Castle Street, Poole, BH15 1BQ, England
- Nature of business
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- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Toby Page | Director | May 1987 | 13 Nov 2018 | 16 other companies |
| Richard James Mcdougall | Director | Jan 1980 | 13 Nov 2018 | 53 other companies |
| Leigh James Bartlett | Director | Jul 1971 | 15 Oct 2024 | 7 other companies |
| Adam James Tovey | Director | Jun 1980 | 1 Jul 2025 | 10 other companies |
| Nicola Jayne Dochniak | Director | Jul 1994 | 1 Jul 2025 | 7 other companies |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 71
- closed down
- 16
- are FCA-registered
- 15
In the full report: all 71 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 15 on the FCA register
- The 8 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 13 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£22.5m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£11.0m
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
26
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£2.20m
No earlier figure to compare
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 01543169. 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
MSP Capital’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
1 August 2022
- David Michael Capra no longer has significant control
- Martin Higgins stopped being a part-owner
- Msp Capital Finance Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2018
13 November 2018
- John Drinkwater stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- David Michael Capra gained significant control
- John Drinkwater became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Martin Higgins became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
2 November 2015
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
1981
3 February 1981
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 28 events
- All 28 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 19
Firms connected to MSP Capital
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with MSP Capital. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 5
- past links
- 7
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 7 past links through former directors
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- 71 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 28 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