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 November 2013.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
07857 123457
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Last known address
72-74, Oxford Street, London, W1D 1BS, United Kingdom
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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 name
- OCEAN EXCHANGE UK LTD
- Company number
- 05130720 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Dissolved
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 May 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 27 Oxford Street, London, W1D 2DP
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sundarampillai Theivendran | Director | Jun 1948 | 1 Dec 2004 | 4 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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- other companies
- 4
- closed down
- 4
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- 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 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Ocean Exchange UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2015
3 February 2015
- Company dissolved
Companies House
2013
22 November 2013
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
31 March 2013
- No longer regulated by the Financial Services Authority
FCA register
2011
30 September 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2004
1 December 2004
- Sundarampillai Theivendran appointed as a director
Companies House
18 May 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
2002
1 June 2002
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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