On the register, but not FCA authorised
This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is why it appears on the register. That is not authorisation: the FCA does not oversee how it treats customers, and FSCS protection does not apply.
What does this mean?
- Some businesses are required by law to have an anti-money-laundering supervisor. For this kind of business that supervisor is the FCA, and the registration is the only reason the firm appears on the FCA register.
- What the FCA checks is narrow: that the firm identifies its customers, keeps records, and reports suspicious activity. It is the anti-crime paperwork behind a bank asking you for ID.
- It does not check anything about you as a customer. Not whether the firm treats you fairly, not whether it is financially sound, not whether what it sells is any good. The FCA describes firms registered this way as “not authorised or subject to wider FCA regulation”.
- So if the firm fails or treats you badly, there is no FSCS compensation, and the Financial Ombudsman Service usually cannot look at a complaint about unregulated business.
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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
8 Devonshire Square, -, London, EC2M 4YJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3239 0499 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC2M 4YJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- VERTUS CAPITAL Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Money-laundering registration onlyThis firm is registered for anti-money-laundering supervision only. It is not FCA-authorised. Money you hand over is not protected by the FSCS, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
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
- 10294991 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 July 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors (SIC 64921)
- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matthew David Marais | Director | Mar 1981 | 28 Jul 2017 | 8 other companies |
| George Lyon Botha | Director | Apr 1983 | 22 Jan 2025 | 6 other companies |
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
- 12
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 12 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
- The one on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
VERTUS Capital SPV1’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
29 April 2019
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2017
31 August 2017
- Ian Clark Bain gave up control
Companies House
16 August 2017
- Vertus Capital Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
25 July 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Ian Clark Bain took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to VERTUS Capital SPV1
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with VERTUS Capital SPV1. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
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- 12 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 16 events in its history
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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