Columbia Threadneedle Investment Business Limited
Reference number: 177896
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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
Cannon Place, 78 Cannon Street, London, EC4N 6AG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When columbiathreadneedle.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7464 5000 is, and the 9 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC4N 6AG
Other names (10)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Columbia Threadneedle Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Columbia Threadneedle Investments Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- BMO Investment Business Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- F&C Investment Business Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- ISIS Investment Trusts Business Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Ivory & Sime Trustlink Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- BMO Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- BMO Global Asset Management Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- F&C Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- F&C Investments Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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 authorised AIF
- 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.
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
- SC151198 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 June 1994 (32 years old)
- Registered office
- 6th Floor Quartermile 4, 7a Nightingale Way, Edinburgh, EH3 9EG, Scotland
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tina Watts | Director | Feb 1969 | 21 Jul 2015 | 3 other companies |
| Rita Bajaj | Director | Jan 1969 | 1 Jul 2024 | 10 other companies |
| Philip John Doel | Director | Nov 1969 | 27 Nov 2024 | 31 other companies |
| Carolan Dobson | Director | Dec 1954 | 10 Nov 2025 | 1 other company |
| Lesley Elaine Cairney | Director | Oct 1969 | 10 Nov 2025 | 9 other companies |
| James William Perrin | Director | Nov 1973 | 30 Mar 2026 | 4 other companies |
| Richard Bradley Vincent | Director | Apr 1973 | 30 Mar 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Michelle Nurse | Secretary | Not published | 21 Apr 2021 | – |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- 50
- closed down
- 14
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 50 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 12 on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 7 directors run together
- All 46 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
4 July 2022
- Changed its registered name from "BMO Investment Business Limited"
FCA register
2018
31 October 2018
- Changed its registered name from "F&C Investment Business Limited"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Columbia Threadneedle Am (Holdings) Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
22 July 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2006
27 November 2006
- Changed its registered name from "ISIS Investment Trusts Business Limited"
FCA register
2004
29 March 2004
- Changed its registered name from "Ivory & Sime Trustlink Limited"
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2 March 2001
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1995
8 September 1995
- Regulated by the Personal Investment Authority from this date
FCA register
1994
1 June 1994
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 110 events
- All 110 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 83
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 11
- share a director
- 4
- share its phone number
- 9
In the full report: all 11 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same phone number (9), the same postcode (9)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 7 past links through former directors
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
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- 50 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 110 events in its history
- 11 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