Acumen Pensions and Investments Limited
Reference number: 915729
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Authorisation being cancelled
This firm has asked the FCA to cancel its authorisation. It is still in force until the FCA processes the application, so existing business keeps its protection, but its regulated work is winding down.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Acumen House Howarth Court, Gateway Crescent, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9XB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When acumenpensionsandinvestments.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0161 688 1119 is
- Who else gives the postcode OL9 9XB
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Give regulated advice FSCS may applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL Advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Acting as a CBTL Arranger
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 11837442 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 February 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- Acumen House Howarth Court Gateway Crescent, Chadderton, Oldham, OL9 9XB, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Andrew Thompson | Director | Apr 1964 | 20 Feb 2019 | 7 other companies |
Other companies run by its director
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 7
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 2 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£5.75m
+5.4% from £5.46m
Cash at bank
£1.60m
+36% from £1.18m
Owed within a year
£827k
+19% from £695k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11837442. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Acumen Pensions and Investments’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
25 February 2021
- Mark David Francis became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2020
1 October 2020
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Applied to cancel its FCA authorisation
FCA register
2019
10 December 2019
- Mark David Francis stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
20 February 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- David Andrew Thompson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Mark David Francis became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to Acumen Pensions and Investments
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Acumen Pensions and Investments. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Acumen Pensions and Investments
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Oldham
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 14 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Check your FSCS cover fscs.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk