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.
- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £3,560 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
J8 Capital Management LLP Reference number: 767969 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.
- Archipelago Ventures Ltd (FRN 1004041) is an AR of J8 Capital Management LLP (FRN 767969). When you use Archipelago Ventures's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Archipelago Ventures, 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
87 Pemberton Road, London, Haringey, N4 1AY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07855 352313 is
- Who else gives the postcode N4 1AY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through J8 Capital Management 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
- 15182813 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 October 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- 87 Pemberton Road, London, N4 1AY, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Guest | Director | Sep 1970 | 3 Oct 2023 | 9 other companies |
| Lucy Philipa Anne Mortimer | Director | Jan 1978 | 3 Oct 2023 | None |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 9
- closed down
- 3
- still active
- 6
In the full report: all 9 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£3,560
−117% from £21.1k
Employees (average)
2
Up 2 from 0
Owed within a year
£88.2k
+388% from £18.1k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £3,560 more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 15182813. 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
Archipelago Ventures’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
17 November 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
3 October 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Justin Guest became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Lucy Philipa Anne Mortimer became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Justin Guest appointed as a director
- Lucy Philipa Anne Mortimer appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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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