Crown Financial & Merchant Bank Plc

Reference number: 616539

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On the register, but not FCA authorised, but in an insolvency process

This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.

What the FCA says

ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process

This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).

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.

Identity

Check their details

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

  • No phone number on the FCA register

  • Verified address

    KPMG, David John Standish & Kristine Kick, 15 Canada Square, London, E14 5GL, United Kingdom

Company details

From the company's Companies House record.

Concerns on the company record

  • Companies House records this company in liquidation.
  • Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
  • Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
  • This company has insolvency history on record.
Company number
06404440
Company status
Liquidation
Company type
Public limited company
Incorporated
19 October 2007 (18 years old)
Registered office
10 Fleet Place, London, EC4M 7QS
Nature of business
  • Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
  • Administration of financial markets (SIC 66110)
  • Fund management activities (SIC 66300)

Current directors and secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed
Gasan Mamedov Director Aug 1962 15 Sep 2014
Mariia Venrinovych Director Aug 1961 16 Aug 2019

Activities and protection

What the record covers, and how you are protected

  • In an insolvency process
    Money the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.

Track record

FCA actions and complaints

No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.

Previously registered as

The FCA register holds one earlier registered name for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.

  • Crown Financial & Merchant Bank Plc - in liquidation

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Common questions

Frequently asked questions

Is Crown Financial & Merchant Bank Plc FCA authorised?
Crown Financial & Merchant Bank Plc (FRN 616539) 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.
Is my money safe with Crown Financial & Merchant Bank?
Crown Financial & Merchant Bank is under the control of insolvency practitioners, so money it held is returned through the appointed office holders rather than by the firm. That takes time and can fall short. Where money is missing, the FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Financial Ombudsman Service can still consider a complaint.
Is Crown Financial & Merchant Bank a scam or clone?
Crown Financial & Merchant Bank 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.
What is Crown Financial & Merchant Bank's Firm Reference Number (FRN)?
Crown Financial & Merchant Bank's FRN is 616539. You can verify it on the FCA register.