Sucden Financial Limited
Reference number: 114239
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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
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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Phone number
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Address
Sucden Financial Ltd, 60 Great Tower Street, London, City Of London, EC3R 5AZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When sucdenfinancial.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3207 5000 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC3R 5AZ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Sucden (UK) Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Interactive Investor Futures & Options Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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)
- 020 8068 3500
- 07481 359047
Fake email addresses (2)
- james@primarybrokers.com
- james@sucdensfinancial.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Sucdens Financial/ Sucden Financial 18 March 2019
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Hire out goods to consumers No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- 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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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Entering into Regulated Consumer Hire Agreements as owner
- Exercising or having the right to exercise the owner's rights and duties under a regulated consumer hire agreement
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
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
- 01095841 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 February 1973 (53 years old)
- Registered office
- Plantation Place South 3rd Floor, 60 Great Tower Street, London, EC3R 5AZ
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thierry Bourvis | Director | Dec 1957 | 10 Sep 1997 | 1 other company |
| Marc Andre Breillout | Director | Apr 1954 | 1 May 2014 | 2 other companies |
| Marc Richard Bailey | Director | Jun 1964 | 20 Oct 2015 | 3 other companies |
| Jean-Baptiste Lescop | Director | May 1985 | 21 Mar 2023 | None |
| Bruno Emanuel Goncalves De Almeida | Director | Jul 1982 | 14 Nov 2024 | None |
| Christine Marie-Pierre Denise Coudray | Director | Jan 1966 | 15 Jul 2025 | None |
| Michael Overlander | Director | Oct 1951 | Not published | 16 other companies |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- 21
- closed down
- 11
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 21 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 1 company these 7 directors run together
- All 29 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£187.7m
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
211
No earlier figure to compare
Owed within a year
£556.3m
No earlier figure to compare
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 01095841. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Sucden Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
2 March 2022
- Serge Versano stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2019
18 March 2019
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
6 April 2016
- Serge Versano became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2008
5 December 2008
- Changed its registered name from "Sucden (UK) Ltd"
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1988
29 April 1988
- Regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority from this date
FCA register
1973
14 February 1973
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 57 events
- All 57 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 43
Firms connected to Sucden Financial
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sucden Financial. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- past link
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Sucden Financial
Other firms of the same type (investment platform or stockbroker), nearest first.
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- 21 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 57 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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
- FCA warning: Sucdens Financial/ Sucden Financial fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk