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 13 August 2012.
This FCA record is no longer authorised, but the company is still on the register with full FCA authorisation under FRN 574754 →.
This company holds another FCA record
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Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Last known phone number
020 3205 3855
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Last known address
7 Hanover Square, London, W1S 1HQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3205 3855 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1S 1HQ
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Remit Xpress Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Universal SI Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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 name
- UNIVERSAL SECURITIES & INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- Company number
- 05187654 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 23 July 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 326 Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent Street, London, W1B 5TB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saima Qureshi | Director | Apr 1984 | 30 Jun 2011 | 2 other companies |
| Mohammad Abdullah Shabbir Qureshi | Director | Dec 1993 | 13 Oct 2022 | None |
| Saima Qureshi | Secretary | Not published | 1 Nov 2009 | – |
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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 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 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£859k
+31% from £656k
Cash at bank
£541k
+27% from £426k
Employees (average)
15
+15% from 13
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 8 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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 05187654. 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
Universal Securities & Investments’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
30 June 2016
- Saima Qureshi took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
13 August 2012
- No longer regulated by the Financial Services Authority
- No longer supervised by HMRC
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
2011
30 June 2011
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2009
1 November 2009
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register · Companies House
6 August 2009
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
2004
23 July 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Universal Securities & Investments
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Universal Securities & Investments. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 8 years of accounts, charted
- All 18 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk