Ascender Fund Partners (UK) Limited
Reference number: 924419
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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 5 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2009
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
- 1 thing worth a closer look in the background checks
Responsible principal firm
Connexion Capital LLP Reference number: 480006 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.
- Ascender Fund Partners (UK) Limited (FRN 924419) is an AR of Connexion Capital LLP (FRN 480006). When you use Ascender Fund Partners (UK)'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Ascender Fund Partners (UK), 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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Phone number
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Address
33 Turner Street, Manchester, M4 1DW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When geminicapital.ie first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7118 0949 is
- Who else gives the postcode M4 1DW
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Ascend Fund Partners (UK) Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- GemCap UK Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Gemini Investment Management Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Connexion Capital 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
- 06795280 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 January 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- 33 Turner Street, C/O Brierley Coleman & Co, Manchester, M4 1DW, England
- Nature of business
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- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Macmillan Alexander | Director | May 1962 | 20 Jan 2009 | 10 other companies |
| Andre Lecoq | Director | Jul 1971 | 8 Sep 2025 | None |
| Olivier Meray | Director | Jun 1979 | 8 Sep 2025 | None |
| Stuart Alexander | Secretary | Not published | 20 Jan 2009 | – |
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
- 10
- closed down
- 7
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 10 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£3.71m
+1.4% from £3.65m
Cash at bank
£13.6k
−42% from £23.4k
Employees (average)
2
−33% from 3
Owed within a year
£85.7k
+28% from £66.9k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06795280. 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
Ascender Fund Partners (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
13 February 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Ascend Fund Partners (UK) Limited"
FCA register
2025
23 December 2025
- Changed its registered name from "GemCap UK Limited"
FCA register
9 September 2025
- Andre Lecoq gained significant control
- Infinity Management S.A. took control (75–100% of shares)
- Stuart Macmillan Alexander gave up control
Companies House
2021
14 April 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2020
14 July 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Gemini Investment Management Ltd"
FCA register
11 May 2020
- Alison Kathleen Savage no longer has significant control
Companies House
2017
2 June 2017
- Alan Robert Jupp stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Alan Robert Jupp became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Alison Kathleen Savage gained significant control
- Stuart Macmillan Alexander took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2009
20 January 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 28 events
- All 28 events in its history (13 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 15
Firms connected to Ascender Fund Partners (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ascender Fund Partners (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Ascender Fund Partners (UK)
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In the Manchester (M) postcode area
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- 10 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 28 events in its history
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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