Benjamin James Watson

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Where they hold approval

Firms where this individual holds — or has held — an FCA-approved role.

Thornbridge Investment Management LLP
FRN 713859
- CF30 Customer (since 23 Apr 2025)
Briarwood Partners Limited
FRN 917739
- Employed By (since 23 Apr 2025)
abrdn Investments Limited (no longer approved here)
FRN 121891
- [FCA CF] Material risk taker (9 Dec 2019 to 31 Dec 2022)
- [FCA CF] Client dealing (9 Dec 2019 to 1 Jan 2024)
- CF30 Customer (21 Feb 2014 to 8 Dec 2019)
abrdn Investment Management Limited (no longer approved here)
FRN 188406
- [FCA CF] Material risk taker (9 Dec 2019 to 31 Dec 2022)
- [FCA CF] Client dealing (9 Dec 2019 to 1 Jan 2024)
- CF30 Customer (4 Apr 2018 to 8 Dec 2019)

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A quick guide to the terms on this page.

The FCA: The Financial Conduct Authority is the UK's regulator for banking, lending, insurance, investments and payments. Senior staff at any authorised firm have to be approved by the FCA personally.
Approved individual: Someone the FCA has personally signed off to hold a senior role at an authorised firm — directors, compliance officers and similar. They're held accountable for the firm's conduct.
Controlled functions: The specific senior roles the FCA approves people to hold, like 'Compliance oversight' or 'Money laundering reporting'. Each approval is tied to a particular firm.
IRN: Individual Reference Number — the unique ID the FCA assigns to each approved person. It stays the same as they move between firms.

Information on this page is sourced from the official FCA register.