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 8 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 1975
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
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
250 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check, 1 thing worth a closer look
- Whether EC2M 4AA is a shared office: 24 other firms give it
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
- SC058013 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 July 1975 (51 years old)
- Registered office
- Rbs Gogarburn, 175 Glasgow Road, Edinburgh, EH12 1HQ, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Andrew Ellis | Director | Jun 1969 | 6 Mar 2018 | 57 other companies |
| David Gerald Harris | Director | Jun 1969 | 14 Jul 2025 | 66 other companies |
| Gabriella Mary Silvester | Director | May 1992 | 25 Jul 2025 | 21 other companies |
| NATWEST GROUP SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 31 Oct 2012 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 68
- closed down
- 39
- are FCA-registered
- 19
In the full report: all 68 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 19 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 60 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 42 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Royal Bank Leasing’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
1 October 2018
- Lombard North Central PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
- Natwest Markets PLC gave up control
Companies House
29 April 2018
- The Royal Bank Of Scotland PLC gave up control
Companies House
23 February 2018
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2017
31 August 2017
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 4 new directors took over
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Natwest Markets PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
- The Royal Bank Of Scotland PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1975
2 July 1975
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 88 events
- All 88 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 80
Firms connected to Royal Bank Leasing
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Royal Bank Leasing. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 12
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12), the same postcode (12)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 68 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 88 events in its history
- 12 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