Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Redbanx LTD, X + Why, 1 Great Cumberland Pl,, London, W1H 7AL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When redbanx.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07810 160238 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1H 7AL
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Baker Commerce Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Baker Commerce (UK) Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguardedYour money must be kept in a separate safeguarded account. If the firm fails, all safeguarded funds should be returned to you. With no upper limit, unlike the capped amounts under FSCS. Safeguarding works differently from FSCS, but protects your full balance when the rules are followed correctly.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- a) Services enabling cash placement on a payment account
- b) Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account
- c) Execution of payment transactions (not covered by a credit line)
- d) Execution of payment transactions (covered by a credit line)
- e) Issuing payment instruments or acquiring payment transactions
- f) Money remittance
- h) Issuing Electronic Money
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
- 10452111 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 31 October 2016 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 11 Woodford Avenue, Ilford, IG2 6UF, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| James Scott Melville | Director | Aug 1980 | 18 Aug 2017 | 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
- closed down
- 3
- still active
- 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
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£48.9k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Total equity
£332k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£371k
+29% from £287k
Owed within a year
£72.6k
Up £71.2k from £1,440
* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.
Net assets
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 10452111. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Redbanx’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
5 March 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Baker Commerce (UK) Limited"
FCA register
2019
22 February 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
16 January 2019
- Baker Services Ltd gained significant control
- Baker Services Ltd no longer has significant control
- Lai Ming Ng gained significant control
- Lai Ming Ng no longer has significant control
Companies House
2018
25 June 2018
- Avoda Technology Ltd gave up control
- Lai Ming Ng gained significant control
Companies House
2017
5 October 2017
- Avoda Technology Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- James Scott Melville gave up control
Companies House
2 June 2017
- James Scott Melville took control (75–100% of shares)
- Lai Ming Ng no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
31 October 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Lai Ming Ng gained significant control
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (15 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 20 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
- How safeguarding works fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk