Kainos: a serviced address at 1 Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9HT
Kainos publishes 1 Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9HT in the City of London, which is a serviced office address rather than a floor of its own.
What the team found
Kainos publishes 1 Ropemaker Street London EC2Y 9HT as its office. The address is in the City of London. Nothing outside carried the company's name, and the floor the address points to is a shared or serviced office suite rather than a floor the company occupies itself.
A serviced address is not evidence of anything dishonest, and it is not evidence of an office either. It is a registered address and a desk that any number of companies can hold at once, so it tells a client nothing about whether Kainos has staff there.
The checks
The checks that decided this outcome, from the visit checklist.
| Check | Result |
|---|---|
| Building match | Building matched |
| External signage | No relevant signage observed |
| Reception check | Reception unavailable |
| Floor or suite | Serviced address |
Who else uses this address
6 other brokers in this set publish an address on Ropemaker Street. When that many financial firms name one building, it is usually a registered-office or mail-forwarding service, and an address of that kind tells you where the post arrives rather than where anyone works.
Across the 6 other visits to that address, the team found nothing once and could not get access 5 times. Among them are Abshire-Smith, CAPITALSTONE and Dave.
This visit ended the same way as most of the others, which is what makes the address worth noting rather than this broker in particular.
The picture in EC2Y
19 of the addresses the team has visited sit in the EC2Y postcode district. Across the 18 other visits to EC2Y, the team confirmed an office once, found nothing 9 times and could not get access 8 times.
Others in the same district include Lionheart, Mayfair Markets and PFCForex.
Reading the checks together
In short, the building was the one the address names, there was no sign for the company outside and reception could not say either way. No single check settles an outcome on its own, which is why each one is listed above rather than folded into a verdict.
What this outcome means
Access restricted. Building or security restrictions prevented the researcher from completing the planned checks.
A field survey confirms only what was observed at the stated address and time. It does not verify regulatory status, client-money handling, trading conditions or financial strength. The photographs are the team's own, taken at the location on the day, and may be cropped for privacy. Read how surveys are conducted.
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