Shard Capital Partners LLP
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Shard Capital Review: Is It Legit and Regulated?
Shard Capital Partners LLP
FindMyFX score
high risk4.6/10
Contact & regulation
- Official website
- shardcapital.com
- Address
- 51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, United Kingdom
- Contact
- [email protected]
- Primary license
- FCA · Unverified
Missing values mean the information has not been verified or published yet—not that the broker does not provide it.
Quick verdict
Is Shard Capital legit and regulated?
FindMyFX has license records for Shard Capital, but none is currently presented as fully verified. Check each entity, jurisdiction, source, and verification date before depositing.
This is a source-limited research summary, not a safety guarantee or investment recommendation.
Broker-provided company information
Shard Capital Partners LLP is a UK investment firm authorised and regulated by the FCA under FRN 538762. Its ShardGO execution-only service provides access to more than 30,000 instruments, including FX and CFDs.
Professional broker overview
FindMyFX editorial summary
Shard Capital Partners LLP states that it is FCA-authorised under FRN 538762 and Companies House lists partnership number OC360394 as active. Its ShardGO execution-only platform advertises more than 30,000 instruments and a demo account with £100,000 virtual funds. The FCA fined and banned former CEO James Lewis in 2024 for conduct involving misleading information about client cash, a historical enforcement event that should be read in its specific context.
Prepared from reviewed sources for informational purposes. This is not investment advice.
Editorial note: The FCA enforcement source concerns a former CEO and does not by itself establish the firm's current service quality or regulatory status beyond the facts stated by the FCA.
- Operational status
- active
- Broker type
- unknown
- Execution model
- Execution-only online dealing through ShardGO.
- Support hours
- Not verified
Documented advantages
- ShardGO states there is no minimum investment requirement and offers a demo account with £100,000 virtual funds.
Documented limitations
- The FCA took enforcement action in 2024 against former CEO James Lewis concerning misleading information about client cash.
Published profile coverage
8 of 8 core information groups currently contain published data. This measures data availability, not broker quality or safety.
Company structure
Legal entities
Registered companies associated with this broker profile.
Trading access
Account types
Available account structures and their current verification state.
ShardGO
unverified- Deposit
- 0.00
- Leverage
- Not shown
Commission information not shown.
- Spread
- Not shown
- Base currencies
- Not shown
- Margin call / stop-out
- —% / —%
- Demo / Islamic
- Yes / Unknown
- Balance protection
- Unknown
- Last verified
- Not verified
Markets and instruments
CFDs
unverified
Futures
unverified
FX
unverified
Options
unverified
Stocks
unverified
Additional broker contacts
Operating address
51 Lime Street, London, EC3M 7DQ, United Kingdom
Telephone
+44 (0)203 971 7000
Research sources
Licenses and regulators
FCA
538762
Last verified: Not shown
Risk flags
FCA action against former Shard Capital CEO
medium · draftIn May 2024 the FCA fined and banned former CEO James Lewis for providing incorrect or misleading information concerning client cash.
Score components
Regulation and licenses
7.5/10 · 35%The firm publishes FCA FRN 538762 and Companies House confirms the active legal entity, but a direct FCA register extract was not reviewed.
Security and track record
2.5/10 · 20%A material FCA enforcement event involving the former CEO is documented, so the reviewed track record is mixed and incomplete.
Trading conditions
5.0/10 · 15%Official ShardGO material provides platform scope, no-minimum-investment terms and demo details, but not comparable FX spreads or leverage.
Company transparency
7.5/10 · 10%Legal entity, Companies House number, FCA reference, office and contact details are publicly documented.
Service quality
0.0/10 · 10%No inspectable verified service-quality dataset was established in this review.
Verified user reviews
0.0/10 · 10%No inspectable verified user-review dataset was established from the reviewed official sources.
Profile update history
Broker profile was published.
2026-08-10
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