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
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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Phone number
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Address
400 Oxford Street, London, W1A 1AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7318 3001 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1A 1AB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Selfridges & Co Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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
- 00097117 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 March 1908 (118 years old)
- Registered office
- 400 Oxford St, London, W1A 1AB
- Nature of business
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- Other retail sale in non-specialised stores (SIC 47190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meave Wall | Director | Jan 1973 | 10 Apr 2018 | 1 other company |
| Sarah Louise Hemsley | Director | Apr 1976 | 10 Apr 2018 | 4 other companies |
| Andre Maeder | Director | Jun 1959 | 30 Sep 2024 | 4 other companies |
| Nilamkumari Powar | Director | Apr 1983 | 1 Apr 2026 | 22 other companies |
| Leonie Victoria Foster | Director | Oct 1977 | 1 Apr 2026 | None |
| Sarah Hemsley | Secretary | Not published | 19 Aug 2013 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 26
- closed down
- 2
- run together
- 5
In the full report: all 26 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 45 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Selfridges Retail’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Selfridges & Co. Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2008
25 June 2008
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
1908
5 March 1908
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 79 events
- All 79 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 75
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- 26 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
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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