CPN Investment Management LLP
Reference number: 579506
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Authorisation being cancelled
This firm has asked the FCA to cancel its authorisation. It is still in force until the FCA processes the application, so existing business keeps its protection, but its regulated work is winding down.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
All Saints Church, West Pallant, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1TD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When cpngroup.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01243 780077 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode PO19 1TD
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Equality Capital Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Money On Toast Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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.
- Sell or arrange insurance FSCS may applyEligible insurance claims may be FSCS-protected, often 90%, or 100% for compulsory or long-term cover.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages · Arrange equity release FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- 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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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Advising on a home reversion plan
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) a home reversion plan
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Assisting in the administration and performance of a contract of insurance
- Credit Broking
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to a home reversion plan
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
FCA disciplinary action
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- OC372035 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 2 February 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carole Nicholls | LLP designated member | Aug 1956 | 2 Feb 2012 | None |
| Christopher Paul Nicholls | LLP designated member | Apr 1956 | 2 Feb 2012 | 5 other companies |
| Charlie Nicholls | LLP designated member | Apr 1988 | 21 Nov 2012 | None |
| Sam Peter Nicholls | LLP designated member | Apr 1986 | 21 Nov 2012 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 7
- closed down
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Employees (average)
4
Same as 4
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 OC372035. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
CPN Investment Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
7 April 2026
- Christopher Paul Nicholls gained significant control
- Christopher Paul Nicholls no longer has significant control
Companies House
2022
27 June 2022
- Carole Nicholls gained significant control
- Christopher Paul Nicholls gained significant control
- Sam Peter Nicholls gained significant control
Companies House
2021
12 October 2021
- Charles Rupert Nicholls gained significant control
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
20 November 2012
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Firm to abide by Deed Poll regarding past business)
- Applied to cancel its FCA authorisation
FCA register
2 February 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to CPN Investment Management
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with CPN Investment Management. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its phone number
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (2), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like CPN Investment Management
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In Chichester
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 23 events in its history
- 2 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