Date authorised
1 April 2013
Companies House
01713124
Last scraped
3 weeks ago
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Addresses

The contact details this firm has registered with the FCA.

  • Principal Place of Business

    Four Brindleyplace
    Birmingham
    West Midlands
    B1 2JB
    UNITED KINGDOM
    Phone
    +443451401000
  • Complaints Contact

    Four Brindleyplace
    Birmingham
    West Midlands
    B1 2JB
    UNITED KINGDOM
    Phone
    +4407470381579

What this firm is allowed to do

The regulated activities the FCA has granted this firm permission to carry out.

  • Bank Deposits

    For All, Deposit

  • Authorised to Operate

    Show 1 limitation
    • · The firm can only agree to carry on the regulated activities specified in this Notice.
  • Arranges Investments

    For Commercial, Retail (Non-Investment Insurance), Non-investment insurance contracts

  • Credit Brokering

  • Trades With You Directly

    For Eligible Counterparty, Professional, Retail (Investment), Commodity Future, Commodity option and option on commodity future, Contract for Differences (excluding a spread bet and, a rolling spot forex contract and a binary bet), Future (excluding a commodity future and a rolling spot forex contract), Option (excluding a commodity option and an option on a commodity future), Rights to or interests in investments (Contractually Based Investments), Rolling spot forex contract, Spread Bet

    Show 2 limitations
    • · Investment activity in "rights to or interests in investments (contractually based)" is limited to investment types granted for this activity.
    • · The firm, in carrying out this regulated activity, is limited to entering into transactions in a manner which, if the firm was an unauthorised person, would come within article 16 of the RAO.
  • Consumer Loans

  • Loan Servicing

  • Investment Setup

    For Commercial, Retail (Investment), Retail (Non-Investment Insurance), Life Policy, Non-investment insurance contracts, Personal pension scheme, Stakeholder pension scheme, Unit

Approved individuals

Senior staff personally approved by the FCA to hold their roles here.

  • Anthony Jonathan Woodley

    IRN AJW01354

    • CF2 Non Executive Director (2 Dec 2003 to 28 Mar 2009)
  • Anthony Martin Parker-Stewart

    IRN AXP00895

    • SMF24 Chief Operations (since 5 Dec 2025)
    • [FCA CF] Significant management (since 11 Aug 2025)
  • Anthony Paul Kearns

    IRN APK01041

    • CF2 Non Executive Director (23 Jun 2004 to 24 Aug 2015)
  • Christian Fleischmann

    IRN CXF00157

    • [FCA CF] Significant management (1 Apr 2021 to 23 Jun 2022)
  • Christine Anne Coe

    IRN CAC01102

    • SMF9 Chair of the Governing Body (since 22 May 2025)
    • SMF10 Chair of the Risk Committee (since 3 Mar 2023)
    • SMF14 Senior Independent Director (20 Mar 2024 to 22 May 2025)
  • Christine Grant

    IRN CXG01385

    • CF2 Non Executive Director (3 Jan 2007 to 19 Nov 2007)
  • Christopher James Ashworth Mack

    IRN CJM01272

    • CF2 Non Executive Director (21 Jul 2011 to 3 May 2013)
  • Christopher Paul Blake

    IRN CPB01049

    • [FCA CF] Material risk taker (since 2 May 2024)
  • Christopher Sparks

    IRN CXS01296

    • SMF10 Chair of the Risk Committee (since 12 Dec 2025)
    • Director of firm who is not a certification employee or a SMF manager (since 1 Sep 2025)
  • Clare Louise Gosling

    IRN CLG01058

    • SMF2 Chief Finance (7 Mar 2016 to 28 Feb 2017)
    • CF1 Director (28 Jan 2016 to 6 Mar 2016)
    • CF2 Non Executive Director (14 Aug 2013 to 20 Aug 2015)

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