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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
2 Adelaide Street, St Albans, England, AL3 5BH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode AL3 5BH
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Finfinity Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Novatum Partners Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- SHF Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (2)
- 01690 888031
- 01972 222016
Fake email addresses (2)
- contact@shf-isfca.com
- contact@shf-ltd.com
Fake websites (3)
- sec-holdings.org
- shf-isfca.com
- shf-ltd.com
The FCA warning these came from
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 13423005 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 May 2021 (5 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Adelaide Street, St Albans, AL3 5BH, England
- Nature of business
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- Management consultancy activities other than financial management (SIC 70229)
- Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businesses (SIC 84130)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Zapisetskiy | Director | Mar 1970 | 1 Sep 2023 | 1 other company |
| Olga Bertosh | Director | Apr 1982 | 3 Nov 2025 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£8,810
−18% from £10.7k
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£2,683
−68% from £8,347
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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 13423005. 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
SHF Compliance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
24 July 2026
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2025
22 December 2025
- Olga Bertosh stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2024
12 September 2024
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2023
22 October 2023
- Alexander Zapisetskiy became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Olga Bertosh became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Steven Howard Fuse stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
1 August 2023
- Deborah Ann Fuse stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2021
26 May 2021
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Deborah Ann Fuse became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Steven Howard Fuse became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to SHF Compliance
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with SHF Compliance. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 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
- FCA warning: International Securities & Financial Compliance Authority / shf-isfca.com fca.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk