BFS Funding Managers Limited

Reference number: 608682

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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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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When businessfinance.growthco.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0161 245 4977 is, and the other firm that gives it
  • Who else gives the postcode M1 5JW
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • GC Business Finance Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments · Run or oversee funds FSCS may apply
    Eligible investment and pension claims are typically FSCS-protected up to £85,000 per person, depending on the product and your circumstances.
  • Give regulated advice FSCS may apply
    A claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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  • Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
  • Advising on P2P agreements
  • Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
  • Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
  • Dealing in investments as agent
  • Establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme
  • Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
  • Managing an unauthorised AIF
  • Managing investments
  • Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)

Limits on what they may do

  • Venture Capital Business Only
    The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than Venture Capital business.
  • 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.
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
08714352
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
2 October 2013 (13 years old)
Registered office
Lee House, 90 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester, M1 5JW
Nature of business
  • Credit granting by non-deposit taking finance houses and other specialist consumer credit grantors (SIC 64921)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Mark Anthony Hughes Director Mar 1966 2 Oct 2013 27 other companies
Donna Elizabeth Edwards Director Mar 1960 3 Aug 2017 23 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
41
closed down
19
are FCA-registered
2

In the full report: all 41 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 2 on the FCA register
  • The 9 companies these 2 directors run together
  • All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Key dates in its history

BFS Funding Managers’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (7) All events (18)

2016

26 July 2016

  • FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))

FCA register

6 April 2016

  • The Enterprise Fund Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2014

26 June 2014

  • FCA imposed a requirement (Control but not hold client money)

FCA register

25 June 2014

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • FCA imposed a requirement (Venture Capital Business Only)
  • Became authorised by the FCA

FCA register

2013

2 October 2013

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 18 events

  • All 18 events in its history (7 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 8
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Firms connected to BFS Funding Managers

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with BFS Funding Managers. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
4
share a director
2
share its phone number
1

In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (4)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like BFS Funding Managers

Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.

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  • 41 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 18 events in its history
  • 4 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is BFS Funding Managers Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, BFS Funding Managers Limited (FRN 608682) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since June 2014 and works as an investment or fund manager. The FCA has placed 2 limits on what it may do.
What is BFS Funding Managers’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0161 245 4977 and the website businessfinance.growthco.uk for BFS Funding Managers. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by one other FCA firm.
Is BFS Funding Managers a scam or clone?
BFS Funding Managers is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with BFS Funding Managers?
Its FCA permissions do not allow it to hold or control client money. It depends on the product, but eligible claims may be protected by the FSCS. You can also refer complaints about BFS Funding Managers to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns BFS Funding Managers?
BFS Funding Managers is owned by The Enterprise Fund Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 6 April 2016.
Who runs BFS Funding Managers?
Companies House lists 2 directors of BFS Funding Managers: Mark Anthony Hughes and Donna Elizabeth Edwards.
How long has BFS Funding Managers been in business?
The company was formed on 2 October 2013, and has held its current FCA authorisation since June 2014.
Does BFS Funding Managers use any other names?
It trades as GC Business Finance.

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