Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
American Century Investment Management (UK) Ltd, 12-13 Henrietta Street, London, Westminster, WC2E 8LH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7024 7096 is
- Who else gives the postcode WC2E 8LH
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- American Century Investments Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
- 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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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
- This firm may handle your money in passing but must not hold it, so payments should go to the product provider, never to a personal account.
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
- 06520426 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 March 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- 12 Henrietta Street, London, WC2E 8LH, England
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Otis Cowan | Director | May 1964 | 7 Apr 2008 | None |
| Amy Diane Shelton | Director | Apr 1964 | 28 May 2015 | None |
| Paul Pirie Harrison | Director | Dec 1976 | 22 Nov 2019 | None |
| Richard Adams | Director | Oct 1976 | 2 Aug 2023 | None |
| Otis Cowan | Secretary | Not published | 2 Jul 2008 | None |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 7 Oct 2009 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 4 directors run no other company
- All 12 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£14.9m
−3% from £15.3m
Profit before tax
£1.47m
+16% from £1.28m
Net assets
£17.1m
+80% from £9.51m
Cash at bank
£10.5m
+51% from £6.94m
Turnover and profit
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 06520426. 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
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2009
24 August 2009
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2008
3 March 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 18
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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