Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
29 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 8DA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7486 9893 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1G 8DA
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Ward Divecha Financial Services Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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.
- 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 (5 permissions)
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
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Restriction on activities
1. WDFS will cease to approve any Financial Promotions for third parties under Section 21 of the Financial services and Markets Act 2000, 2. WDFS must not approve the content of any financial promotion for communication by an unauthorised person without the prior written consent of the Authority.
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
- 02515013 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 June 1990 (36 years old)
- Registered office
- 29 Welbeck Street, London, W1G 8DA, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adil Rustom Divecha | Director | Jun 1951 | Not published | 8 other companies |
| Joseph Christian | Secretary | Not published | 22 Apr 2002 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 8
- closed down
- 3
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 8 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£149k
+4% from £143k
Cash at bank
£20.9k
+35% from £15.4k
Employees (average)
2
+100% from 1
Owed within a year
£511k
+23% from £414k
Net assets
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 02515013. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Wdfs’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
16 March 2020
- FCA imposed a requirement (Restriction on activities)
FCA register
2017
25 June 2017
- Adil Rustom Divecha took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2005
5 July 2005
- Changed its registered name from "Ward Divecha Financial Services Limited"
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1995
27 February 1995
- Regulated by the Personal Investment Authority from this date
FCA register
1990
25 June 1990
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 28 events
- All 28 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 16
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 28 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
- 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