Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
Responsible principal firm
Apax Partners LLP Reference number: 222963 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Apax Partners Fund Services Ltd (FRN 817477) is an AR of Apax Partners LLP (FRN 222963). When you use Apax Partners Fund Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Apax Partners Fund Services, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
1 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7872 6300 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode SW1X 7LX
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Apax Partners LLP, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 08801930 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 December 2013 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Knightsbridge, London, SW1X 7LX, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivor Thomas Charlton | Director | Nov 1972 | 4 Dec 2013 | None |
| Stephen John Kempen | Director | Jul 1974 | 4 Dec 2013 | 27 other companies |
| Bharat Patel | Director | Sep 1963 | 3 Apr 2023 | 5 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 directors
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
- 28
- closed down
- 24
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 28 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Apax Partners Fund Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
28 August 2018
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Apax Partners Worldwide Holdings Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
4 December 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 8 events
- All 8 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to Apax Partners Fund Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Apax Partners Fund Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 2
- share its phone number
- 3
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (3), the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Apax Partners Fund Services
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In London
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- 28 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 8 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk