How to Check If a UK Company Is Legit (Free Check)

Описание: Check a firm free, is it FCA authorised or a clone: https://certaby.com/tools/fca-firm-check

How to check if a company is legit in the UK, before you pay it, sign a contract or take it on as a client. Every UK company is on the Companies House register, and it's free to search. But being registered only shows that a company exists, not that it can be trusted. Scammers also copy real firms' names and details: the FCA calls these clone firms.

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0:00 Is this company legit?
0:29 Free FCA firm and clone check
0:55 Who runs the company, and who owns it
1:28 Run the checks and read the results

On the Companies House register, look at the company's status, when it was set up, its registered office, any overdue accounts or confirmation statement, and its officers and people with significant control. https://find-and-update.company-infor...

If a firm offers financial services, check it on the FCA Register and only contact it through the details shown there, never the ones you were sent. Clones can copy a real firm's name, address and reference number. Not being on the FCA Warning List doesn't mean a firm is safe. https://www.fca.org.uk/consumers/how-...

Certaby's company and owners check reads the company from Companies House, screens every director and owner against the UK, UN, EU and US sanctions lists, shows who has verified their identity, and checks the register of disqualified directors. For a full KYB check on a new client, there's also a KYB package.

Hargreaves Lansdown is an example from the public registers and has no connection with Certaby. The clone warning is about scammers copying its name, not about the firm itself. The narration is an AI voice. This video is general information, not legal or financial advice.

Certaby: compliance checks for every let, sale and new client. https://certaby.com