Share Credit Limited

Reference number: 719365

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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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In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look

  • When sharecredit.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 7078 8983 is
  • Whether E14 5NR is a shared office: 24 other firms give it
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Past FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.

Permissions on the FCA record

  • Hold or safeguard your money
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
  • Operating an electronic system in relation to lending

Limits on the record

  • Temporarily paused new lending business for retail customers and secondary market activity
    Share Credit Limited has temporarily ceased accepting new funds from retail customers and paused secondary market activity. From 01/03/2023 it will temporarily cease to promote or accept any new applications for lending by retail customers through the operation of its Electronic Lending System. It has also temporarily paused secondary market activity.

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
09540341
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
14 April 2015 (11 years old)
Registered office
40 Bank Street, London, E14 5NR, England
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Qian Wang Director Nov 1972 14 Apr 2015 7 other companies

Other companies run by its director

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other companies
7
closed down
3
still active
4

In the full report: all 7 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
  • All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2024Full accountsNot audited

Turnover

£136k

+102% from £67.2k

Profit before tax

£35.3k

From a loss of £527k

Net assets

£117k

No earlier figure to compare

Cash at bank

£46.8k

+203% from £15.4k

Turnover and profit

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.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09540341. 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

Share Credit’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (9) All events (16)

2023

1 March 2023

  • Zion Capital Limited gave up control
  • FCA imposed a requirement (Temporarily paused new lending business for retail customers and secondary market activity)

Companies House · FCA register

2022

9 May 2022

  • Zion Capital Limited took control (75–100% of votes)

Companies House

2020

1 July 2020

  • Qian Wang gained significant control
  • Zion Capital Limited gave up control

Companies House

2017

1 September 2017

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • Became authorised by the FCA

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

  • Zion Capital Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2015

14 April 2015

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 16 events

  • All 16 events in its history (9 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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  • 7 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • All 16 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Share Credit Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Share Credit Limited (FRN 719365) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since September 2017 and works as a peer-to-peer lending platform. The FCA has placed a limit on what it may do.
What is Share Credit’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 7078 8983 and the website sharecredit.co.uk for Share Credit. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Share Credit a scam or clone?
Share Credit is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Share Credit?
It is permitted to hold and control client money, which it must keep separate from its own. Protection depends on which product you hold and how Share Credit handles your money, so check the specific product before you commit. You can also refer complaints about Share Credit to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Share Credit?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Share Credit: Ms Qian Wang (significant influence or control). Before that, it was controlled by Zion Capital Limited.
Who runs Share Credit?
Companies House lists one director of Share Credit: Qian Wang.
How long has Share Credit been in business?
The company was formed on 14 April 2015, and has held its current FCA authorisation since September 2017.
What do Share Credit’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2024, show turnover of £136k (+102% from £67.2k) and profit before tax of £35.3k (from a loss of £527k).

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