The UK Financial Conduct Authority has banned Howard Roland Duckett, a senior manager at debt management firm Beauforce Corporation Limited, from working in financial services for a serious lack of honesty and integrity. Duckett was approved to perform executive director and compliance oversight senior management functions at the firm. The action follows a High Court finding that Duckett repeatedly lied and used fabricated evidence, including claims involving a fictitious individual, to deny that he was a director of an unrelated company where he had failed to maintain adequate records. The court disqualified him from acting as a company director for 10 years, effective Dec. 4, 2020, but he did not disclose the disqualification to the FCA. His referral of the FCA’s decision notice to the Upper Tribunal was subsequently struck out. The FCA had already restricted Beauforce in November 2025 from conducting regulated activities, accepting consumer funds and retaining money in its bank accounts. Consumers with debt management plans arranged by the firm should stop payments and seek alternative support.
2026-08-18Financial Conduct Authority
UK Financial Conduct Authority bans Beauforce senior manager over dishonesty and fabricated evidence
The UK Financial Conduct Authority has banned Beauforce senior manager Howard Roland Duckett from financial services for a serious lack of honesty and integrity. The action follows findings that he lied and relied on fabricated evidence to avoid a 10-year director disqualification, which he then failed to disclose to the FCA.