We built the platform we wished existed.
For diaspora investors navigating the gap between Islamic finance conviction and UK regulatory protection. Founded in 2022. City of London. Independent.
Bimpe Nkontchou
CEO & Co-Founder
Bimpe Nkontchou spent several years in the City of London working in financial services compliance — advising on regulatory capital, conduct standards, and investment product governance for asset managers operating under FCA authorisation. Cameroonian-British, she came to the UK as a student in the mid-2000s and built her career at the intersection of financial regulation and institutional investment.
In 2020, managing her own savings for the first time with a material sum to invest, she encountered the gap that would become Wealth8. The mainstream platforms — well-regulated, ISA-wrapped, FSCS-protected — had no credible halal offering. Offshore halal products existed, some with genuine Sharia credentials, but without FCA registration, without ISA wrappers, and without the FSCS backstop that any UK-resident investor should expect. The choice was not between halal and haram. It was between faith and legal protection. She found neither acceptable.
Wealth8 was incorporated in 2022. The FCA authorisation process — demanding for any early-stage firm — took 18 months. The platform opened to clients in 2024. The Sharia Supervisory Board was constituted before the first line of investment code was written.
"Halal investing in the UK should not require choosing between your faith and your legal protections. That was the problem in 2020. Wealth8 is the answer."
To make halal wealth management as accessible and well-protected as any mainstream UK investment platform.
Not a grey-market product. Not a compromise. A fully regulated, FSCS-protected, ISA-wrapped investment platform with authentic Sharia credentials — available to every UK investor.
Built by specialists.
City of London, EC4N 5AB.
Wealth8 is based at 10 Cannon Street, Level 5 — in the heart of the City of London financial district. We operate from the same postcode as the Bank of England, Lloyds of London, and major UK asset managers.
This is not an offshore product. Wealth8 is registered in England and Wales, regulated by the FCA under English law, and operates under England and Wales governing law. For UK investors, this matters.
Wealth8 Ltd10 Cannon Street, Level 5
London EC4N 5AB
United Kingdom
+44 20 4538 7164
[email protected]
We understand the full calculation.
Most UK wealth platforms are built for a single financial life — one country, one currency, one retirement destination. Wealth8 is built for a different reality.
GBP + a second financial life
Whether you're building an ISA here while maintaining a property in Lagos, supporting family in Dhaka, or calculating retirement with the option of returning to Karachi — the financial arithmetic is not simple. Wealth8 is built knowing that.
Cross-border tax — our position
Wealth8 is a UK-regulated, execution-only platform. We do not provide cross-border tax advice. The ISA tax advantage applies to UK residents — your tax position as a domicile, a non-dom, or a taxpayer with home-country obligations is individual. For complex cross-border arrangements, please consult a qualified tax adviser. We can point you toward FCA-authorised IFAs with diaspora expertise on request.
Tax treatment depends on individual circumstances and may change. ISA tax advantages apply to UK residents. Property held in a home country may be relevant to your zakat calculation — Wealth8 does not calculate zakat on assets outside the platform. Our quarterly purification report covers income purification on portfolio holdings only.
Join Wealth8 — investing with principle.
FCA regulated. FSCS protected. Sharia screened. City of London address.
Capital at risk. Wealth8 does not provide personal financial or tax advice.