Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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
244 Front Office Third Floor, 244 Edgware Road, London, W2 1DS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7262 0550 is
- Who else gives the postcode W2 1DS
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Waybridge Insurance Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Waybridge Financial Group Plc Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (2)
- 020 3811 0462
- 020 8108 5978
Fake email addresses (1)
- contact@waybridgefinancial.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Waybridge Financial 7 December 2017
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- 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 (6 permissions)
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
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Enhanced banking controls
Waybridge Financial Group plc will: a) Prevent any money passing through any client bank account, except for monies properly remitted in respect of regulated insurance mediation activity; b) Prevent any money passing through any bank account in the firm's name, except for client bank accounts, that is neither income nor expenditure properly attributable to the regulated insurance mediation business carried on by the firm; and c) Not make any cash payments from any bank account in the firm's name, including client bank accounts, except for incidental business expenses of the firm not to exceed £100 in any one instance.
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 02619705 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 June 1991 (35 years old)
- Registered office
- 244 Front Office Third Floor, 244 Edgware Road, London, W2 1DS, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zia Manzar Ahsan | Director | Jun 1959 | 15 Sep 1992 | 7 other companies |
| Ahmad Shabanzadeh | Director | Jan 1955 | 1 Apr 1995 | 2 other companies |
| Keith Norman Jackson | Secretary | Not published | 1 Jun 1996 | – |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 3
- run together
- 2
In the full report: all 7 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 2 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£73.0k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£23.1k
−7.8% from £25.1k
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
Owed within a year
£301k
−23% from £391k
No turnover or profit for the year to 31 December 2025: the accounts print them but do not tag them. The last tagged figures are £170k turnover and £610 profit, for the year to 31 December 2022.
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 02619705. 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
Waybridge Financial Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
7 January 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Waybridge Financial Group Plc"
FCA register
2017
7 December 2017
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
6 April 2016
- Ahmad Shabanzadeh became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Zia Manzar Ahsan became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2015
24 March 2015
- FCA imposed a requirement (Enhanced banking controls)
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2005
14 January 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1991
12 June 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 30 events
- All 30 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
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- 5 years of accounts, charted
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- FCA warning: Waybridge Financial fca.org.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk