Sarathi Partners Limited

Reference number: 1036294

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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.

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

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  • No website on the FCA register

  • No phone number on the FCA register

  • Address

    1st Floor, 85 Great Portland Street, London, W1W 7LT, United Kingdom

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  • Whether W1W 7LT is a shared office: 43 other firms give it
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Other names (2)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • OPF Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Original Property Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.

Past FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Money-laundering registration only
    This 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.

Concerns on the company record

  • Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
14 November 2018 (7 years old)
Registered office
85 Great Portland Street, First Flor, London, W1W 7LT
Nature of business
  • Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Rahul Verma Director Jan 1984 14 Nov 2018 9 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
9
closed down
3
still active
6

In the full report: all 9 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
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 30 November 2024Small company accountsNot audited

Net assets

−£154k

−197% from £158k

Cash at bank

£12.7k

No earlier figure to compare

Employees (average)

0

−100% from 1

Its next accounts are overdue at Companies House.

Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £154k more than it owned.

Assets and liabilities

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  • Every year from 2019 to 2024
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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.

There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11676643. 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

Sarathi Partners’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2025

4 July 2025

  • Registered with the FCA

FCA register

2018

14 November 2018

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Rahul Verma took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 6 events

  • All 6 events in its history (3 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 1
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  • 9 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 1 background check on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • 6 years of accounts, charted
  • All 6 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Sarathi Partners Limited FCA authorised?
Sarathi Partners Limited (FRN 1036294) is registered with the FCA under the Money Laundering Regulations only. That is anti-money-laundering supervision, not FCA authorisation, and the FCA does not supervise the firm's conduct.
Is Sarathi Partners a scam or clone?
Sarathi Partners is genuinely on the FCA's money-laundering register, so it is not an outright fake, but registration is not authorisation, and scammers impersonate registered firms too. Verify contact details against the register before sending money.
Is my money safe with Sarathi Partners?
Money you hand to Sarathi Partners is not protected by the FSCS. Money-laundering registration carries no compensation scheme, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
Who owns Sarathi Partners?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Sarathi Partners: Mr Rahul Verma (75–100% of shares).
Who runs Sarathi Partners?
Companies House lists one director of Sarathi Partners: Rahul Verma.
How long has Sarathi Partners been in business?
The company was formed on 14 November 2018.
What do Sarathi Partners’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 30 November 2024, show net assets of −£154k (−197% from £158k) and cash at bank of £12.7k (no earlier figure to compare). Its accounts are overdue at Companies House.
Does Sarathi Partners use any other names?
It trades as OPF and Original Property Finance.

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