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Get the Financial Conduct Authority authorisations or registrations for a given UK company. Due to the nature of this regulation, country codes other than 'gb' will not be supported.
Status (Current Authorisation Status) and Status Description
The status field indicates the current regulatory status of a firm or individual. statusDescription directly correlates with Status. Not all statuses have a description – some are left blank as detailed in the below table:
| Status | Status Description |
|---|---|
| Appointed Representative | n/a |
| Appointed representative - introducer | n/a |
| Authorised | Firm with an authorised Part IV Permission |
| Authorised - applied to cancel | n/a |
| Authorised - applied to change business type | n/a |
| Authorised - applied to change legal status | n/a |
| Authorised - Closed to Regulated Business | n/a |
| Authorised - Closed to new business | n/a |
| Authorised Schedule 5 | n/a |
| Authorised Schedule 5 - Depositary of a recognised overseas scheme and a temporary recognised overseas scheme | n/a |
| Authorised Schedule 5 - Operator/depositary/trustee of a temporary recognised scheme | n/a |
| Cancelled | Firm that has had its Part IV Permission cancelled through the normal resignation process |
| Certified | n/a |
| EEA Authorised | Firm authorised by an EEA regulator and passporting into the UK under one of the following directives: BCD, ISD, 3LD, 3NLD, IMD, UCITSMD |
| EEA Authorised - Applied to Cancel | n/a |
| EEA Authorised - Contractual run-off | n/a |
| EEA Authorised - Supervised run-off | n/a |
| Formerly MLRs Registered | n/a |
| Lapsed | n/a |
| No longer authorized | n/a |
| No longer registered as an Appointed Representative | n/a |
| Registered | Firm that we hold details about, but do not have a Part IV Permission |
| Registration Revoked | n/a |
| Revoked | Firm that has had its Part IV Permission cancelled through disciplinary action by the FCA/PRA |
| Suspended | n/a |
activityCategory and activityDescription
The activityCategory field groups related financial services activities into broad categories:
- Accepting Deposits
- Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
- Appointed Representative
- Benchmark Activity
- CBTL
- Claims Management
- Consumer Credit
- Credit Rating Activity
- Data Reporting Service Provider (DRSP)
- Designated Investment Business
- Funeral Plans
- Insurance Business
- Insurance Distribution
- Issuing Electronic Money
- Regulated Home Finance
- Repository Activity
- The Lloyd's Market
- The Society of Lloyd's
- Third Party Verifier Activity
The activityDescription field provides specific details about the regulated activities a firm is authorised to perform. Below are the key activities organised by category:
| Activity Category | Activity Description |
|---|---|
| Accepting Deposits | Accepting Deposits |
| Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive | Investment advice |
| Management of portfolios of investments | |
| Management of AIFs | |
| Reception and transmission | |
| Safekeeping and administration | |
| Appointed Representative | 1001 |
| 1002 | |
| Benchmark Activity | Administering a Benchmark |
| Administering a regulated benchmark | |
| Providing information relating to reg benchmark | |
| CBTL | Acting as a CBTL Administrator |
| Acting as a CBTL Advisor | |
| Acting as a CBTL Arranger | |
| Acting as a CBTL Lender | |
| Claims Management | Advice investigate represent claim spec. benefit |
| Advice investigate represent criminal injury claim | |
| Advice investigate represent employment claim | |
| Advice investigate represent fin serv prod claim | |
| Advice investigate represent house disrepair claim | |
| Advice investigate represent personal injury claim | |
| Agreeing to carry on a regulated activity | |
| Seeking out referrals and identification of claims | |
| Temporary permission to carry out claim’s management activities | |
| Consumer Credit | Advising on a regulated credit agreement the purpose of which is to acquire land |
| Agreeing to carry on a regulated activity | |
| Credit Broking | |
| Debt Adjusting | |
| Debt Administration | |
| Debt-collecting | |
| Debt-counselling | |
| Entering into Consumer Hire Agreements as owner | |
| Entering into RCA as lender (high-cost short-term) | |
| Entering into an RCA as lender (bill of sale) | |
| Entering into an RCA as lender (home credit) | |
| Entering into an RCA as lender (other) | |
| Exercising R&D under an RCA (high-cost shortterm) | |
| Exercising lenders R&D under an RCA (bill of sale) | |
| Exercising lenders R&D under an RCA (home credit) | |
| Exercising lenders R&D under an RCA (other) | |
| Exercising owners R&D under a cons. Hire agreement | |
| Operating electronic system in relation to lending | |
| Providing Credit Information Services | |
| Credit Rating Activity | Credit Rating Agency |
| Credit Rating Agency Temporary Registration | |
| Data Reporting Service Provider (DRSP) | Operate an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) |
| Operate an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) | |
| Temporary Operate an Approved Publication Arrangement (APA) | |
| Temporary Operate an Approved Reporting Mechanism (ARM) | |
| Designated Investment Business | Acting as a depositary or sole director |
| Acting as trustee of an auth unit trust scheme | |
| Acting as trustee or depositary of a UCITS | |
| Acting as trustee or depositary of a UK UCITS | |
| Acting as trustee/depositary of authorised AIF | |
| Acting as trustee/depositary of unauthorised AIF | |
| Advising (ex Pension Transfers/Opt Outs) | |
| Advising on P2P agreements | |
| Advising on Pension Transfers/Opt Outs | |
| Agreeing to carry on a regulated activity | |
| Arranging deals in investments | |
| Arranging safeguarding and administration of asset | |
| Bidding in emissions auctions | |
| Causing dematerialised instructions to be sent | |
| Dealing in investments as agent | |
| Dealing in investments as principal | |
| Establish/operating/winding up stakeholder pension | |
| Establishing, operating or winding up a CIS | |
| Establishing/operating/winding up a reg CIS | |
| Establishing/operating/winding up an un-reg CIS | |
| Establishing/operating/winding up personal pension | |
| Managing a UCITS | |
| Managing a UK UCITS | |
| Managing an authorised AIF | |
| Managing an unauthorised AIF | |
| Managing investments | |
| Operating a Multilateral Trading Facility (MTF) | |
| Operating an Organised Trading Facility (OTF) | |
| Providing basic advice on stakeholder products | |
| Safeguarding and administration of assets | |
| Sending dematerialised instructions | |
| Funeral Plans | Advising on investments |
| Agreeing to carry on a regulated activity | |
| Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments | |
| Carrying out a funeral plan contract as provider | |
| Dealing in investments as agent | |
| Entering as provider into a funeral plan contract | |
| Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments | |
| Insurance Business | Carrying out contracts of insurance |
| Effecting contracts of insurance | |
| Risk Transformation | |
| Insurance Distribution | Advising (ex Pension Transfers/Opt Outs) |
| Agreeing to carry on a regulated activity | |
| Arranging deals in investments | |
| Assisting in administration of insurance | |
| Dealing in investments as agent | |
| Making arrangements | |
| Issuing Electronic Money | Issuing Electronic Money |
| Regulated Home Finance | Administering a home purchase plan |
| Administering a home reversion plan | |
| Administering a regulated mortgage contract | |
| Advising on a home purchase plan | |
| Advising on a home reversion plan | |
| Advising on regulated mortgage contracts | |
| Agreeing to carry on a regulated activity | |
| Arranging (bringing about) a home purchase plan | |
| Arranging (bringing about) a home reversion plan | |
| Arranging regulated mortgage contracts | |
| Dealing in investments as principal | |
| Entering into a home purchase plan | |
| Entering into a home reversion plan | |
| Entering into a reg mortgage contract as lender | |
| Making arrangements | |
| Making arrangements for a home purchase plan | |
| Making arrangements for a home reversion plan | |
| Repository Activity | Securitisation Repository |
| Trade Repository Temporary Registration Regime under the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation | |
| Trade Repository Temporary Registration Regime under the UK Securities Financing Transactions | |
| Trade Repository under the UK European Market Infrastructure Regulation | |
| Trade Repository under the UK Securities Financing Transactions Regulation | |
| The Lloyd's Market | Advising on syndicate participation at Lloyd's |
| Agreeing to carry on a regulated activity | |
| Arranging deals in investments | |
| Making arrangements | |
| Managing underwriting capacity of Lloyd's syndicate | |
| The Society of Lloyd's | Act carried on in connect with ins con or syn part |
| Arranging deals in insurance contracts at Lloyd's | |
| Arranging deals in participation in Lloyd's synds | |
| Third Party Verifier Activity | Third Party Verifier |