Covestium Ltd
Reference number: 184116
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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
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
Mockham Barton, Brayford, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 7LH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When covestium.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3286 1544 is
- Who else gives the postcode EX32 7LH
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Argyle Investment Advisors Limited 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 (2)
- 01442 780616
- 01442 902190
Fake email addresses (1)
- info@covestiumltd.com
Fake websites (1)
- covestiumltd.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Covestium Limited Investment Consultant 22 December 2020
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments FSCS may applyEligible 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 applyA claim for unsuitable advice is itself FSCS-protected, up to the limit that applies to the product you were advised on.
- 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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- 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
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
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May control money if settlement through a mandate.
The general requirement not to hold or control CLIENT MONEY does not restrict the firm from controlling CLIENT MONEY if it arises from an agreement under which the firm effects settlement through a mandate or otherwise.
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Promote only own managed or advised UCIS
The firm must not promote any unregulated collective investment schemes which it does not manage itself or act as advisor.
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
- 03253817 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 September 1996 (30 years old)
- Registered office
- Mockham Barton, Brayford, Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 7LH, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karl-Gustav Wilderich Georg Josef Maria Freiherr Von Furstenberg | Director | Apr 1968 | 18 Dec 2017 | None |
| Chloe Murphy | Secretary | Not published | 24 Sep 1996 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 6 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£67.8k
−18% from £82.2k
Cash at bank
£12.4k
<1% from £12.3k
Employees (average)
0
Same as 0
Owed within a year
£3,723
+2% from £3,649
No turnover or profit for the year to 31 March 2026: the accounts print them but do not tag them. The last tagged figures are £18.1k turnover and £8,260 profit, for the year to 28 February 2023.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2021 to 2026
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 03253817. 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
Covestium’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
22 December 2020
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2019
17 September 2019
- George Anderson Hobson gave up control
- Karl-Gustav Wilderich Georg Josef Maria Freiherr Von Furstenberg took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2017
7 November 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Argyle Investment Advisors Limited"
FCA register
2016
24 September 2016
- George Anderson Hobson took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2002
28 August 2002
- FCA imposed a requirement (Promote only own managed or advised UCIS)
FCA register
2001
2 December 2001
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control money if settlement through a mandate.)
FCA register
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register · Companies House
1996
24 September 1996
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1901
1 January 1901
- Regulated by the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 27 events
- All 27 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms like Covestium
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In Barnstaple
In the Exeter (EX) postcode area
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- Every company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 27 events in its history
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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: Covestium Limited Investment Consultant 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