SHF Compliance Limited
Reference number: 1008590
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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 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.
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.
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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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Verified address
2 Adelaide Street, St Albans, England, AL3 5BH, United Kingdom
- Finfinity
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- SHF
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 13423005
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 May 2021 (5 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Adelaide Street, St Albans, AL3 5BH, England
- Nature of business
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- Management consultancy activities other than financial management (SIC 70229)
- Regulation of and contribution to more efficient operation of businesses (SIC 84130)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Zapisetskiy | Director | Mar 1970 | 1 Sep 2023 |
| Olga Bertosh | Director | Apr 1982 | 3 Nov 2025 |
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (2)
- 01690 888031
- 01972 222016
Fake email addresses (1)
- contact@shf-isfca.com
Fake websites (2)
- shf-isfca.com
- shf-ltd.com
The FCA warning these came from
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
Activities and protection
What the record covers, and how you are protected
- 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.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
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