The FCA-regulated arm of the Equiti Group has paused onboarding new medium and high-risk clients and reduced its role as a liquidity provider to other group entities. The move appears to be part of the company’s reduction in principal trading and risk-bearing activities.
Revenue Dropped in Double Digits
According to the latest Companies House filing, Equiti Capital UK has also witnessed a 24 per cent drop in its 2025 net trading revenue to $24.4 million, which the company attributed to the realignment of its operating model.
The UK company's profit also dropped sharply to $33,266 from the previous year’s $530,342. The decline is due to the revenue drop.
Meanwhile, the company reiterated that it continued to invest in its people, systems and operational capabilities in support of its revised operating model. “The transition is expected to provide a more stable and predictable earnings profile going forward, reflecting a reduced risk appetite and lower exposure to trading-related volatility,” the filing noted.
“Under this model, revenue is expected to be generated from a combination of direct trading clients and support services provided to Group entities.”
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Global Expansion Is Ongoing
The UK unit of Equiti is a direct subsidiary of its Jersey-based holding company. Its ultimate owner is Waleed Al Bitar, who is serving as the group’s chairman.
Equiti holds licenses in the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates and Cyprus, among other jurisdictions, and runs brokerage, payments and asset-management arms across Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.
Finance Magnates recently reported that Equiti opened a new technology hub in India to support engineering, data, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and cloud work. The group also bought its way into digital payments through its acquisition of Cloud Invest, and has kept hiring on the technology side, including a former Meta engineer brought in to lead data and AI work.
