Suspicious registration with chinese connection

RALSH LIMITED 12163891 Incorporated 19/08/2019

This one has similarities to multiple issues raised earlier this year but is somewhat more sophisticated in that the address and postcode are both valid. The potential giveaways are

  1. Prefix number before address
  2. Single Chinese national as director
  3. 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet.

It is just possible we are being overly suspicious but given the number of conditions flagged then an Integrity Team review is probably warranted.

This has been passed to the data integrity team.
Thank you again for reporting this.

These are sellers from china who abusing the UK market on Amazon and ebay (potetnially selling products that don’t meet any safety standards). They will not pay vat or tax on goods and take the money back to China.

Its quiet widespread and the net affect is UK business are suffering because they can’t compete and also the customer wants low price because of this problem

What can we do ?

This would also be our suspicion (and we suggested so in one of the first batches reported earlier this year). We can, and will, keep on flagging new incorporations where we have concerns but the real answer lies with Companies House and HMRC to take appropriate action

It’s possibly a bit late to provide input to the consultation being run by BEIS (closing date was 8th August), but increased verification is on the cards.

It might well be worth submitting comments to BEIS about the proposals despite the passing of official deadline.

SHANGHAI LONGFEI XIN XI YOU XIAN GONG SI LTD 12224953 Incorporated 24/09/2019

This is the latest to join the growing list with

  1. Prefix number before address
  2. Single Chinese national as director
  3. 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet.

BALAWO LIMITED 12227592 Incorporated 25/09/2019

Here is yet another one

  1. 925 Westwood Road, Bolton DOES NOT EXIST; the highest property number is 17!!
  2. Single Chinese national as director
  3. 47910 - Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet.