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
33 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3942 8000 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC4R 9AT
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Wells Fargo Capital Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Wells Fargo Commercial Distribution Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Burdale Financial Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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
- 02656007 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 October 1991 (35 years old)
- Registered office
- 33 King William Street, London, EC4R 9AT, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors (SIC 64921)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kurt Richard Marsden | Director | May 1969 | 19 Aug 2015 | None |
| Geoff Healey | Director | Sep 1963 | 2 Sep 2019 | None |
| Laurence Mckenna | Director | Aug 1981 | 2 Sep 2019 | None |
| Katrina May Kwan | Director | Mar 1984 | 8 Mar 2021 | None |
| Tracey Tigges | Director | Jun 1969 | 7 Dec 2023 | None |
| Tom Andrew Weedall | Director | Jan 1983 | 16 Jun 2025 | None |
| Adrienne Lonergan | Secretary | Not published | 21 Sep 2026 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 6 directors run no other company
- All 28 people who have been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Wells Fargo Capital Finance (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
17 September 2026
- Wells Fargo & Co gave up control
- Wells Fargo International Banking Corporation took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Wells Fargo & Co took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
11 February 2015
- Changed its registered name from "Burdale Financial Limited"
FCA register
2008
20 May 2008
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
1991
21 October 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 56 events
- All 56 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 48
Firms connected to Wells Fargo Capital Finance (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Wells Fargo Capital Finance (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its phone number
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (2), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 56 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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