WA International Limited
Reference number: 504375
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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 30 October 2012.
Website, phone number and address
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Last known website
wafx.net
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Last known phone number
0844 880 5433
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Last known address
Westbourne House, 14-16 Westbourne Grove, London, W2 5RH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When wafx.net first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0844 880 5433 is
- Who else gives the postcode W2 5RH
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company as dissolved.
- Company number
- 03586608 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Dissolved
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 June 1998 (28 years old)
- Registered office
- Leavesden Park Suite 1, 5 Hercules Way, Watford, Hertfordshire, WD25 7GS, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur Barreto Dreys | Director | Jul 1965 | 30 Sep 2000 | 3 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
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- other companies
- 3
- closed down
- 3
In the full report: all 3 companies, 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 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£44.9k
+348% from £10.0k
Cash at bank
£33.0k
+116% from £15.2k
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Owed within a year
£195k
+514% from £31.9k
Net assets
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 03586608. 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
WA International’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
14 March 2023
- Company dissolved
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Arthur Barreto Dreys took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
30 October 2012
- Status on the FCA register became "Cancelled - Small PI"
FCA register
2009
1 November 2009
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
7 August 2009
- Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date
FCA register
1998
24 June 1998
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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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