Services for Financial Conduct Authority Registered Entities

Hawksford has significant experience of acting for entities involved in the Financial Services industry, regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Our clients include investment banks, venture capital funds, money dealers and bankers, and mortgage brokers. We offer the following range of services for start-ups and established businesses in the Financial Conduct Authority sector:|

FCA Applications

We can assist you with applications for regulatory approval, dealing with the following areas:

Preparing financial projections
Discussions on capital requirements
Review of business IT systems
General consultancy advice throughout the application
Acting as auditors for the FCA application

Outsourced Services

To enable you to concentrate on the key issues of running your business whilst leaving us to deal with the back office function we can:

Maintain the business accounting function
Prepare monthly/quarterly management accounts
Prepare and submit monthly/quarterly VAT returns
Prepare and submit FCA financial returns
Provide a complete payroll service

Compliance Services

We offer a cost effective audit and tax compliance service geared to providing a timely and efficient service to ensure all FCA reporting deadlines are met.

We ensure that our audits are conducted by FCA trained staff to ensure quality and efficiency in such a specialist area.

Working with Other FCA Sector Professionals

We have close working relationships with a network of other service providers in this sector. We have contacts with specialist compliance advisers, solicitors and banks.