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.
- Registered for 5 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2013
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
Hq Offices, 58 Nicholas Street, Chester, Cheshire, CH1 2NP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode CH1 2NP
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- White Oak 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.
Concerns on the company record
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Company number
- 08822803 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 December 2013 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Second Floor, Hq Offices, 58 Nicholas Street, Chester, CH1 2NP, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial leasing (SIC 64910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Andrew Davies | Director | May 1971 | 20 Dec 2013 | 10 other companies |
| Kevin Berry | Director | Aug 1991 | 11 Mar 2022 | 11 other companies |
| Thomas Otte | Director | May 1955 | 11 Mar 2022 | 16 other companies |
| Douglas Banks | Director | Apr 1969 | 26 Apr 2022 | 11 other companies |
| Ross Samuel Rutherford | Secretary | Not published | 14 Aug 2019 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 20
- closed down
- 4
- are FCA-registered
- 10
In the full report: all 20 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 10 on the FCA register
- The 13 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
White Oak UK No.4’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
20 October 2021
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Ldf Group Finance Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
20 December 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 30 events
- All 30 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 26
Firms connected to White Oak UK No.4
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with White Oak UK No.4. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 10
- share a director
- 10
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 10 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (10), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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- 20 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 30 events in its history
- 10 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