Ascension Ventures Limited
Reference number: 833108
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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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Phone number
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Address
Wogan House, 99 Great Portland Street, London, Westminster, W1W 7NY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When ascension.vc first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3576 0332 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1W 7NY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments · Run or oversee funds 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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- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
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.
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Venture Capital Business Only
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than Venture Capital business.
One supervisory condition set by the FCA
These are conditions the FCA places on the firm itself, covering things like capital it must hold and what it must report. They do not change what the firm may do for you.
- Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold)
The total value of assets under management by the firm must not exceed the relevant threshold as set out in Article 3(2) of AIFMD (as determined under Chapter II, section I of the AIFMD level 2 regulation). In the event that the relevant threshold is breached, the firm must submit an application for authorisation as a Full-scope UK AIFM to the FCA
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
- 07766902 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 September 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 9 Appold Street, 6th Floor, London, Greater London, EC2A 2AP, 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 |
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| Jean Francois Rollet De Fougerolles | Director | Jul 1968 | 19 Feb 2013 | 8 other companies |
| Remigio Richard Carlo Minute | Director | Dec 1972 | 25 Apr 2024 | 3 other companies |
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
- 10
- closed down
- 3
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 10 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
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£475k
+124% from £212k
Cash at bank
£259k
+24% from £209k
Employees (average)
9
+50% from 6
Owed within a year
£471k
+89% from £249k
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07766902. 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
Ascension Ventures’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
22 November 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
- FCA imposed a requirement (Venture Capital Business Only)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2017
5 March 2017
- Ascension (Group) Limited gave up control
- Ascension Ventures (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Ascension (Group) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2011
8 September 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Ascension Ventures
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ascension Ventures. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Ascension Ventures
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In London
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- 10 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 17 events in its history
- 2 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