Santander Financial Services PLC
Reference number: 146003
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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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Phone number
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Address
Santander Financial Services plc, 2-3 Triton Square, London, Camden, NW1 3AN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When santanderinternational.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 084 2888 is
- Who else gives the postcode NW1 3AN
Other names (7)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Santander International Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Abbey National Treasury Services Plc Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- ABBEY NATIONAL FINANCIAL PRODUCTS Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Santander Business Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Santander Corporate Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Santander Corporate & Investment Banking Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Santander Global Corporate Banking Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- 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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- Accepting Deposits
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Causing dematerialised instructions to be sent
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
- Sending dematerialised instructions
Limits on what they may do
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Access to the electoral register
The firm shall access the full electoral register, where this is the most cost-effective way of verifying identity for anti-money laundering purposes and will not prejudice the interests of the customer, in order to carry out the current customer review exercise.
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
- 02338548 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 January 1989 (37 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Triton Square, Regent's Place, London, NW1 3AN
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Activities of head offices (SIC 70100)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonio Costa Ortuno | Director | Jul 1969 | 9 Oct 2020 | None |
| James Keith Pountney | Director | Oct 1974 | 9 Oct 2020 | None |
| Jennifer Anna Houghton | Director | Dec 1961 | 13 Oct 2020 | 1 other company |
| Richard John Settle | Director | Jan 1972 | 8 Dec 2020 | None |
| Helen May Hatton | Director | Jan 1957 | 16 Dec 2020 | 2 other companies |
| Susan Jane Bridge | Director | Oct 1972 | 17 Jul 2024 | None |
| Francisco Javier Martin-Pliego Lopez | Director | Sep 1979 | 11 Mar 2026 | None |
| SANTANDER SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 28 Jul 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 70 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Santander Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
3 October 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Abbey National Treasury Services Plc"
FCA register
2018
14 December 2018
- Santander UK Group Holdings PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
- Santander UK PLC gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Santander UK PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date
FCA register
2003
11 September 2003
- FCA imposed a requirement (Access to the electoral register)
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register · Companies House
1995
1 October 1995
- Regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority from this date
FCA register
1989
24 January 1989
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 156 events
- All 156 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 131
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 156 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
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk