Unauthorised firms / individuals
Below are listed the names of some firms and/or individuals who are not approved or authorised by the FSA to conduct regulated activities. Please use the links below to view alerts issued by the FSA. Not all fund raising activities require authorisation or approval by the FSA. However, investors who have given money to, or are considering giving money to, these firms or individuals, should exercise caution as they will not benefit from the UK compensation and complaint schemes if anything goes wrong.
Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of all unauthorised firms and/or individuals, nor does it contain the names of all unauthorised entities that have come to the FSA's notice.
For a full list of firms and individuals who are authorised to conduct regulated activities, please take a look at FSA Register
* Last firm added: 14 August 2008
| Unauthorised firms / individuals |
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| A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z |
| Abbey House Acquisitions Advance Futures Limited Albion Investment Management Allied Financial Trust bank Amkel Capital Andrew Papadopoulos (Mr) Anthony Michael Naughton |
| Bayshore Nominees Ltd Benjamin Tate Associates Berkeley Financial Limited Berkeley Wyatt Limited, S.L. Bernburg Investment Bankers Limited Big Time Global Services Limited Blue Delta Asset Management Broadgate Metals Bursanet (a.k.a. Bursatil Clearing Corporation) Bursatil Bank Group Limited Bursatil Financial Bursatil Clearing Corporation |
Capitalinform Limited SA Credit General Group |
Devere Proprietary Trading Limited |
| Earnshaw Advisory Services Europe Trade (UK) Ltd Eurotrust Capital Management |
Fares Insurance Company Services Limited Financial Consulting UK Limited First Colonial Management Fortura Limited |
| Gulf Pacific Asset Management Limited Global Merchant Services |
| Harley Richard Financial Consultants (aka Harley Richard Group, aka Harley Richard Financial Consultants Europe) |
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Kevin McNab Klein Group (Holdings) Limited |
Land International (Far East) Pte Limited Lynx Commodities Lynx Ltd |
Midland Bank of Scotland Morgan Lynch Advisory |
| Onyx Acquisitions |
| Pacific Citi Trust Bank Plc PGM Europe Pinnacle Trade Ltd * Plasters Investment Europe Limited Principal Consult Limited Property Gains Management Ltd Prymus Solutions (website: prymusolutions.com) |
| Queensland Finance House Plc |
| Searchforlenders.co.uk Secured Communications Limited (trading as CashU.com) Selective Insurance |
| TC & P Trade trading as High Capital Tom Brookes TotalCoverUK.com Total Financial Limited |
| United Re-Insurance Group Univest Limited |
| Vertex Commodities |
Weizman Associates |
| Zenith Commodities |
See also
Unauthorised overseas firms operating in the UK
This list contains the names of unauthorised overseas firms known to be, or to have been, targeting UK investors.
Unauthorised internet banks
This list contains the names of entities promoting themselves over the internet and purporting to be banks and/or offering banking-type services, however none are authorised by the FSA.
Notices/warnings issued by other foreign regulatory authorities
This is a list of notices/warnings issued by other foreign regulatory authorities regarding firms conducting unauthorised business in their jurisdiction.

