Registered with the FCA
This firm is registered as a small payment institution. That is a lighter regime than full FCA authorisation, applied to smaller payment firms, and safeguarding of customer money is optional at this size.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
179, Old Kent Road, London, SE1 5NA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When sudamerouk.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7064 9194 is
- Who else gives the postcode SE1 5NA
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Sudamero Uk Centre Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Handle payments & transfers No FSCS coverSafeguarding is optional for a payment firm of this size, so your money may not be held in a separate protected account. Ask the firm whether it safeguards customer funds before sending it money. FSCS protection does not apply either way.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- 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
- 05198384 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 August 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 177/179 Old Kent Road Old Kent Road, London, SE1 5NA, England
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humberto Daniel Ottich Haybar | Director | Nov 1966 | 1 Jul 2017 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by its director
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- other company
- 1
- closed down
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£2,353
Up £1,656 from −£4,009
Employees (average)
1
−50% from 2
Owed within a year
£40.2k
−4.1% from £41.9k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £2,353 more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 05198384. 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
Sudamero UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
16 April 2019
- Sonia Maria Albarracin Cardenas no longer has significant control
Companies House
2018
18 October 2018
- Registered as a small payment institution
FCA register
29 May 2018
- Humberto Daniel Ottich Haybar gained significant control
- Sonia Maria Albarracin Cardenas gained significant control
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
8 February 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
2004
5 August 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 29 events
- All 29 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 17
Firms connected to Sudamero UK
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Sudamero UK. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Sudamero UK
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 29 events in its history
- 2 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
- 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