Formed on 1 April 2013, the FCA is headquartered at 12 Endeavour Square, London E20 1JN. The FCA operates as a financial regulatory body and operates independently of the UK Government and is financed by charging fees to members of the financial services industry.
The FCA regulates financial services firms and markets in the UK, setting standards for firms to meet and holding them to account if they don't. As an independent financial regulatory body of the U.K., the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) regulates the conduct for 59,000 financial firms and markets in the U.K. For over 18,000 firms, it's also the regulator. The FCA had an annual budget of £758.3m (2023/2024) and has approximately 5.6K employees as of June 2026.
Nikhil Rathi was reappointed as Chief Executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for a second five-year term until September 2030. Julia Black, Anita Kimber, John Ball and Stéphane Malrait were appointed as Non-Executive Directors to the Board of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).
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