Wintermute Trading LTD

Reference number: 928764

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On the register, but not FCA authorised

This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is how cryptoasset firms are registered. 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 compensation to fall back on. The FCA's own position is that crypto is largely unregulated in the UK and that compensation for crypto losses is highly unlikely.

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.

  • No website on the FCA register

  • Phone number

    07706 291311

  • Address

    Colegrave House, 70 Berners Street, London, Westminster, W1T 3NL, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

  • What kind of line 07706 291311 is
  • Who else gives the postcode W1T 3NL
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Wintermute Trading name

Past FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Money-laundering registration only
    This 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 generally does not cover unregulated cryptoasset activity.

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
10882520
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
25 July 2017 (9 years old)
Registered office
41 Lothbury, London, EC2R 7HF, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Evgeny Gaevoy Director Aug 1984 25 Jul 2017 None
Marina Valerievna Gurevich Director Sep 1983 24 May 2022 1 other company

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 company
1
closed down
1

In the full report: all 1 company, 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
  • All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

17 months to 31 December 2020Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

£32.0m

Up £31.9m from £95.7k

Cash at bank

£36.7m

Up £36.7m from £9,506

Employees (average)

13

+160% from 5

Owed within a year

£130.7m

Up £130.6m from £45.8k

Assets and liabilities

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 10882520. 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

Wintermute Trading’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (8) All events (23)

2022

9 May 2022

  • Evgeny Gaevoy gained significant control
  • Evgeny Gaevoy stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

25 February 2022

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • Registered with the FCA

FCA register

2020

1 May 2020

  • Yoann Franck Turpin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Yoann Franck Turpin stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2017

25 July 2017

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Evgeny Gaevoy became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 23 events

  • All 23 events in its history (8 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 14
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  • 1 other company its directors have run, named
  • 2 background checks on its contact details
  • All 23 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Wintermute Trading LTD FCA authorised?
Wintermute Trading LTD (FRN 928764) is registered with the FCA under the Money Laundering Regulations only. That is anti-money-laundering supervision, not FCA authorisation, and the FCA does not supervise the firm's conduct.
What is Wintermute Trading’s phone number?
The FCA register lists the phone number 07706 291311 for Wintermute Trading. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Wintermute Trading a scam or clone?
Wintermute Trading is genuinely on the FCA's money-laundering register, so it is not an outright fake, but registration is not authorisation, and scammers impersonate registered firms too. Verify contact details against the register before sending money.
Is my money safe with Wintermute Trading?
Money you hand to Wintermute Trading is not protected by the FSCS. Money-laundering registration carries no compensation scheme, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
Who owns Wintermute Trading?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Wintermute Trading: Mr Evgeny Gaevoy (significant influence or control). Before that, it was controlled by Yoann Franck Turpin.
Who runs Wintermute Trading?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Wintermute Trading: Evgeny Gaevoy and Marina Valerievna Gurevich.
How long has Wintermute Trading been in business?
The company was formed on 25 July 2017.
What do Wintermute Trading’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2020, show net assets of £32.0m (up £31.9m from £95.7k) and cash at bank of £36.7m (up £36.7m from £9,506).
Does Wintermute Trading use any other names?
It trades as Wintermute.

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