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 3 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2017
- Accounts filed up to 31 October 2025
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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Holden House, Sandpiper Court, Chester Business Park, Chester, Cheshire, CH4 9QU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode CH4 9QU
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
- 10821704 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 June 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- Chester Business Centre, Union Street, Chester, CH1 1QP, England
- Nature of business
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- Temporary employment agency activities (SIC 78200)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Ross Grant | Director | Aug 1985 | 21 Aug 2019 | 4 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
- 4
- still active
- 3
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 4 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£25.1k
+107% from £12.1k
Cash at bank
£45.9k
+53% from £30.0k
Owed within a year
£6.22m
+28% from £4.86m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 10821704. 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
Recruitment Funding Solutions’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
8 September 2026
- Np Group Holdings Ltd stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
26 August 2026
- Np Group Holdings Ltd became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2024
22 April 2024
- Bluestones Investment Group - Support Services Limited gave up control
- Bluestones Investment Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2023
28 March 2023
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2020
26 July 2020
- Bluestones Investment Group - Support Services Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2017
16 June 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to Recruitment Funding Solutions
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Recruitment Funding Solutions. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk