The Gap Project Limited

Reference number: 1051374

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Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

HTG Finance Limited Reference number: 825534 Authorised View firm →
What does this mean?
  • An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
  • The Gap Project Limited (FRN 1051374) introduces customers to HTG Finance Limited (FRN 825534). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not The Gap Project.
  • Example: if The Gap Project refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from The Gap Project itself.
  • Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.

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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When gapproject.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0808 254 0786 is
  • Who else gives the postcode IG1 2PQ
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Other names (2)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Gap Trading name
  • Gap Project Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through HTG Finance Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.

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
13580254
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
23 August 2021 (5 years old)
Registered office
9 St. Thomas Gardens, Ilford, IG1 2PQ, England
Nature of business
  • Other specialised construction activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 43999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Tarik Benyattou Director Aug 1989 2 Jan 2025 None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

  • Confirmation that its director runs no other company
  • All 3 people who have been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 August 2025Micro-entity accountsNot audited

Net assets

£125k

Up £118k from £7,269

Employees (average)

0

Same as 0

Owed within a year

£41.7k

+748% from £4,921

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
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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 13580254. 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

The Gap Project’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (8) All events (15)

2026

11 February 2026

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2025

2 January 2025

  • Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
  • Abdul Kareem Maroof gave up control
  • Tarik Benyattou took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2022

23 September 2022

  • Abdul Kareem Maroof took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Masood Maroof gave up control

Companies House

2021

23 August 2021

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Masood Maroof took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 15 events

  • All 15 events in its history (8 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 4 years of accounts, charted
  • All 15 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is The Gap Project Limited FCA authorised?
The Gap Project Limited (FRN 1051374) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for The Gap Project?
An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own. The Gap Project Limited (FRN 1051374) introduces customers to HTG Finance Limited (FRN 825534). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not The Gap Project. Example: if The Gap Project refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from The Gap Project itself. Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
What is The Gap Project’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0808 254 0786 and the website gapproject.co.uk for The Gap Project. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is The Gap Project a scam or clone?
The Gap Project is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with The Gap Project?
Protection works through HTG Finance Limited, the principal firm responsible for The Gap Project's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns The Gap Project?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of The Gap Project: Mr Tarik Benyattou (75–100% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Mr Masood Maroof and Mr Abdul Kareem Maroof.
Who runs The Gap Project?
Companies House lists one director of The Gap Project: Tarik Benyattou.
How long has The Gap Project been in business?
The company was formed on 23 August 2021.
What do The Gap Project’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 August 2025, show net assets of £125k (up £118k from £7,269).
Does The Gap Project use any other names?
It trades as Gap and Gap Project.

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