Bestport Private Equity Limited
Reference number: 813042
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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 8 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2018
- Accounts filed up to 31 December 2025
Responsible principal firm
BESTPORT Ventures LLP Reference number: 229233 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.
- Bestport Private Equity Limited (FRN 813042) is an AR of BESTPORT Ventures LLP (FRN 229233). When you use Bestport Private Equity's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Bestport Private Equity, 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
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Phone number
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Address
42, Upper Berkeley Street, London, W1H 5QL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bestport.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07770 750304 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode W1H 5QL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through BESTPORT Ventures 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
- 11234307 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 March 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- 42 Upper Berkeley St, London, W1H 5QL, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Activities of venture and development capital companies (SIC 64303)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ole Bettum | Director | Dec 1963 | 5 Mar 2018 | 54 other companies |
| James Richard Bowring Stoddart | Director | Jul 1965 | 5 Mar 2018 | 27 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
- 74
- closed down
- 46
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 74 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- The 7 companies these 2 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£576k
+29% from £446k
Cash at bank
£697k
+27% from £549k
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Owed within a year
£202k
−2.5% from £207k
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 11234307. 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
Bestport Private Equity’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
16 July 2018
- Bestport Ventures LLP gained significant control
- James Richard Bowring Stoddart stopped being a part-owner
- Ole Bettum stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
5 July 2018
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
5 March 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- James Richard Bowring Stoddart became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Ole Bettum became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- James Richard Bowring Stoddart appointed as a director
- Ole Bettum appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
Firms connected to Bestport Private Equity
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Bestport Private Equity. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 2
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Bestport Private Equity
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In London
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- 74 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 9 events in its history
- 5 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