Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
Responsible principal firm
Kroll Securities Ltd Reference number: 466588 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- SFO Capital Limited (FRN 927522) is an AR of Kroll Securities Ltd (FRN 466588). When you use SFO Capital's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from SFO Capital, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
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
14 Berkeley Street, Mayfair, London, W1J 8DX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7789 1600 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1J 8DX
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Kroll Securities Ltd, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 12483016 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 February 2020 (6 years old)
- Registered office
- Highdown House, Yeoman Way, Worthing, West Sussex, BN99 3HH, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Mohamad Faraj Abouchalbak | Director | Jul 1984 | 25 Feb 2020 | 5 other companies |
| Antonia Jane Rebecca Brandes | Director | Dec 1952 | 25 Feb 2020 | 9 other companies |
| Ahmed Naja | Director | Jul 1986 | 8 Feb 2024 | None |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 25 Feb 2020 | – |
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
- 10
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 4
In the full report: all 10 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 4 companies these 3 directors run together
Key dates in its history
SFO Capital’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
9 June 2020
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
25 February 2020
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Sfo Capital Partners Limited 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: 3
Firms connected to SFO Capital
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with SFO Capital. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like SFO Capital
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In London
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- 10 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 6 events in its history
- 2 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk