Fraud: Sophie Hutcherson, Financial Conduct Authority (non-exec director) holds six identities in Companies House and has not declared four directorships.
Failed to declare: Two Lyons Property Limited, Society of Genealogists(The) (sic), Yacht Fraction Ltd and a name-withheld company
Fraud: Sophie Hutcherson, Financial Conduct Authority (non-exec director) holds six identities in Companies House and has not declared four directorships. Failed to declare: Two Lyons Property Limited, Society of Genealogists(The) (sic), Yacht Fraction Ltd and a name-withheld company
Finding: Sophie Hutcherson, non-executive director of the Financial Conduct Authority, holds six identities in Companies House and has failed to declare her directorships of Two Lyons Property Limited, Society of Genealogists(The) (sic), Yacht Fraction Ltd and a name-withheld company. Since multiple identities for an individual compromises audits and Know Your Customer checks, this is prima facie evidence of identity fraud, gaining identities to conceal interests that are not declared. The risk is that through these companies she engages in money laundering, terrorism financing and people trafficking.
The results of a search in Companies House on the name Sophie Hutcherson returns six unique identifiers, see image below:
Total number of appointments 1 - Born April 1965
19 Berkeley Street, London, England, W1J 8ED
BELLECAPITAL UK LIMITED (02123174) Company status
Active Role Active Director Appointed on 19 January 2022
Total number of appointments 2 - Born April 1965
Winchester House, 1 Great Winchester Street, London, United Kingdom, EC2N 2DB
DB UK BANK LIMITED (00315841) Company status Active Role Resigned
Director Appointed on 20 September 2016 Resigned on 26 July 2018
D B INVESTMENTS (GB) LIMITED (02400675) Company status Active Role Resigned Director Appointed on 23 November 2016 Resigned on 26 July 2018
Total number of appointments 1 - Born April 1965
12 Endeavour Square, London, England, E20 1JN
THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY (01920623) Company status Active Role Active Director Appointed on 17 April 2023
Total number of appointments 1 - Born April 1965
65 Bottrells Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, England, HP8 4EJ
This page cannot be found (request for details submitted to Companies House)
Total number of appointments 1 - Born April 1965
356 Holloway Road, London, United Kingdom, N7 6PA
SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS(THE) (00115703) Company status Active
Role Resigned Director Appointed on 2 February 2023 Resigned on 4 June 2024
Total number of appointments 3 - Born April 1965
65 Bottrells Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, England, HP8 4EJ
YACHT FRACTIONS LTD (15642986) Company status Active
Role Active Director Appointed on 8 August 2024
TWO LYONS PROPERTY LIMITED (11839576) Company status Active
Correspondence address 65 Bottrells Lane, Bottrells Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, United Kingdom, HP8 4EJ Role Active Director Appointed on 26 June 2022
TWO LYONS CONSULTING LTD (07905787) Company status Active Role Active Director Appointed on 26 June 2022”
Since my complaint of 29/12/2023, copied in full, below, Sophie Hutcherson has not updated her register of interests with the two appointments that she fails to declare, to which I had referred: Two Lyons Property Limited and Society of Genealogists(The) (sic). This review of her appointments in Companies House provides prima facie evidence that she also fails to disclose her recent directorship of Yacht Fraction Ltd.
In addition to the five identities registered for Sophie Hutcherson located on 29/12/2023, a sixth identity was found. However, the details of this appointment are presently blocked from public access.
Multiple identities for an individual breaches legislation which is designed to prevent money laundering, terrorism financing and people trafficking.
Yacht Fraction Ltd has nature of business, SIC 46140 - Agents involved in the sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft. Given that Sophie Hutcherson fails to declare interests held in multiple identities and one of these includes sale of machinery, industrial equipment, ships and aircraft she represents a serious threat to the public best interest.
Please find my original complaint below:
To the Complaints Manager,
Financial Conduct Authority
29 12 2023
Dear Sir/Madam,
Sophie Hutcherson, director of The Financial Conduct Authority, records the following interests in the Register of Interest: Non-Executive Director Bellecapital UK Limited 2022; Non-Executive Director Two Lyons Consulting Ltd 2022, Senior Advisor Wells Fargo Bank International 2020 2021 Senior Advisor Wells Fargo Bank 2020 2021 (Directorships and other positions (fca.org.uk))
A search in Companies House on her name (https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/search/officers?q=Sophie+HUTCHERSON) returns 5 identities registered in Companies House with the same name and date of birth, which compromises the audits of all of her interests. Starting at the bottom of the list, her identities hold directorships of:
Identity 1: Two Lyons Consulting Limited and TWO LYONS PROPERTY LIMITED Appointed on 26 June 2022;
Identity 2: SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS(THE) Appointed on 2 February 2023;
Identity 3: THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY Appointed on 17 April 2023;
Identity 4: DB UK BANK LIMITED Appointed on 20 September 2016 Resigned on 26 July 2018 and D B INVESTMENTS (GB) LIMITED Appointed on 23 November 2016 Resigned on 26 July 2018; and
Identity 5: BELLECAPITAL UK LIMITED Appointed on 19 January 2022.
Sophie Hutcherson fails to declare TWO LYONS PROPERTY LIMITED and SOCIETY OF GENEALOGISTS(THE).
Her multiple registrations conceal all her interests from audits of any one of these identities. I allege that she gained the identities by using various usual residential addresses, since identities are deduplicated based on name, date of birth and usual residential address. This is evidence of fraud by false representation and fraud by failing to disclose information. Adapting the FCA terminology for cloned company fraud, I think this meets the definition of cloned individual fraud. Please ask her to resign immediately and refer her to the police to investigate her fraudulent use of multiple identities to conceal interests.
Yours sincerely
Alison Wright
Case Ref #: 210582353