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 1 year
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2014
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
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
Phoenix Place, Christopher Martin Road, Basildon, Essex, SS14 3GQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode SS14 3GQ
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
- 08885289 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 February 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Arbuthnot House, 20 Finsbury Circus, London, EC2M 7EA, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthony Mark Lester | Director | May 1959 | 29 Jan 2015 | 2 other companies |
| James Robert Cobb | Director | Dec 1968 | 28 Apr 2017 | 25 other companies |
| Andrew Alfred Salmon | Director | Oct 1962 | 8 May 2018 | 19 other companies |
| Richard Michael James Layne | Director | Oct 1975 | 9 Apr 2019 | 2 other companies |
| Jamie Chaplin | Director | Feb 1986 | 1 Jan 2024 | None |
| Kevin Patrick Barrett | Director | Jul 1981 | 13 May 2025 | 1 other company |
| Nicholas David De Burgh Jennings | Secretary | Not published | 10 Jul 2018 | – |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 29
- closed down
- 9
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 29 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 18 companies these 6 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Renaissance Asset Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
28 January 2025
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2017
28 April 2017
- Anthony Mark Lester no longer has significant control
- Arbuthnot Latham & Co Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- David Charles Pusinelli no longer has significant control
- Louise Katharine Sartori stopped being a part-owner
- Victoria Fisher no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Anthony Mark Lester gained significant control
- David Charles Pusinelli gained significant control
- Louise Katharine Sartori became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Victoria Fisher gained significant control
Companies House
2014
11 February 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 29 events
- All 29 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
Firms connected to Renaissance Asset Finance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Renaissance Asset Finance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Renaissance Asset Finance
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In the Southend-on-Sea (SS) postcode area
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- 29 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 29 events in its history
- 3 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