SMEB Limited
Reference number: 984694
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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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Newton House, Hatch Warren Farm, Hatch Warren Lane, Hatch Warren, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 4RA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When smeb.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01256 381977 is
- Who else gives the postcode RG22 4RA
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguardedYour money must be kept in a separate safeguarded account. If the firm fails, all safeguarded funds should be returned to you. With no upper limit, unlike the capped amounts under FSCS. Safeguarding works differently from FSCS, but protects your full balance when the rules are followed correctly.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- 3. Executing payment transactions (no credit line)
- 5. Issuing and/or acquiring of payment instruments.
- 6. Money remittance.
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
- 13137582 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 January 2021 (5 years old)
- Registered office
- Newton House Hatch Warren Lane, Hatch Warren, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG22 4RA, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of financial services holding companies (SIC 64205)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew David Alexander Martin | Director | Sep 1965 | 15 Jan 2021 | 25 other companies |
| Amanda Jane King-Martin | Director | Feb 1972 | 30 Jan 2023 | None |
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
- 25
- closed down
- 13
- still active
- 12
In the full report: all 25 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
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£263k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£109k
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£208k
−62% from £547k
* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.
Total equity
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 13137582. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Smeb’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
1 June 2024
- Amanda Jane King-Martin gave up control
- Andrew David Alexander Martin took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2023
29 September 2023
- Became an authorised payment institution
FCA register
12 April 2023
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
1 January 2023
- Amanda Jane King-Martin took control (75–100% of shares)
- Andrew David Alexander Martin gave up control
Companies House
2021
15 January 2021
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Andrew David Alexander Martin took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
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In Basingstoke
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- 25 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 13 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
- How safeguarding works fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk