BESTPORT Ventures LLP
Reference number: 229233
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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
Meridien House, 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
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Stonesfield Investment Management LLP Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (1)
- 01235 619313
Fake email addresses (2)
- info@bestport-ventures.com
- support@bestportventures.com
Fake websites (2)
- bestport-ventures.com
- bestportventures.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Bestport Ventures 5 August 2021
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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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- Establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme
- 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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- OC305130 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 21 July 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- 42 Upper Berkeley Street, London, W1H 5QL
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| James Richard Bowring Stoddart | LLP designated member | Jul 1965 | 21 Jul 2003 | 27 other companies |
| Ole Bettum | LLP designated member | Dec 1963 | 1 Mar 2005 | 54 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
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
BESTPORT Ventures’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
5 August 2021
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2018
20 July 2018
- Otero Ltd no longer holds 25–50% of the votes
Companies House
2016
7 August 2016
- James Richard Bowring Stoddart gained 25–50% of the votes
- Ole Bettum gained 25–50% of the votes
- Otero Ltd gained 25–50% of the votes
Companies House
2014
4 April 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2005
18 April 2005
- Changed its registered name from "Stonesfield Investment Management LLP"
FCA register
2004
19 February 2004
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Venture Capital Business Only)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2003
21 July 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (13 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to BESTPORT Ventures
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with BESTPORT Ventures. 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 Ventures
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
- All 20 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
- FCA warning: Bestport Ventures fca.org.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