No longer authorised
This firm is still listed on the FCA register, but the record is closed. Cover on business done while it was authorised generally still applies, and it cannot take on new regulated business. Authorisation ended 19 December 2017.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
020 8470 5566
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Last known address
87 Green Street, Forest Gate, London, E7 8JF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 8470 5566 is
- Who else gives the postcode E7 8JF
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- The record is closedCover you already have generally survives the cancellation: FSCS exists for firms that have failed, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can look at a complaint about a firm that has stopped trading, as long as the business was done while it was authorised. New business with this firm has no cover at all, because it is no longer permitted to carry it out.
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
- 04728031 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 April 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Travel agency activities (SIC 79110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aysha Rahman | Director | Nov 1976 | 18 Feb 2005 | None |
| Lutfur Rahman | Director | Apr 1970 | 1 Sep 2015 | 1 other company |
| Lutfur Rahman | Secretary | Not published | 9 Apr 2003 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 directors
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- other company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£73.7k
+7.7% from £68.4k
Cash at bank
£24.7k
+106% from £12.0k
Employees (average)
5
Same as 5
Owed within a year
£53.0k
−28% from £73.3k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- 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 04728031. 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
Sonar Bangla Travels’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
19 December 2017
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
15 November 2017
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- No longer supervised by HMRC
FCA register
2016
1 June 2016
- Lutfur Rahman took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2009
10 November 2009
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
3 November 2009
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
2005
18 February 2005
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2003
9 April 2003
- 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: 6
Firms connected to Sonar Bangla Travels
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- connected firms
- 5
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Sonar Bangla Travels
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 events in its history
- 5 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
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