Darwin Alternative Investment Management Limited
Reference number: 745129
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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
Darwin Alternative Investment Management Ltd, Empire House, 175 Piccadilly, London, Westminster, W1J 9EN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When darwinalternatives.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7408 1060 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1J 9EN
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Darwin Alternatives Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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 email addresses (1)
- contact@acces-darwin-alternatives.com
Fake websites (1)
- platform.acces-darwin-alternatives.com
The FCA warning these came from
- platform.acces-darwin-alternatives.com 15 June 2021
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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.
- 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.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 08100415 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 June 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Empire House, 175 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9EN, England
- Nature of business
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- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Anthony Geoffrey David Esse | Director | Feb 1962 | 11 Jun 2012 | 33 other companies |
| Christopher James Affleck Penney | Director | Sep 1964 | 8 Oct 2015 | 52 other companies |
| Randi Weaver | Secretary | Not published | 18 Nov 2015 | – |
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
- 68
- closed down
- 22
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 68 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 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 7 on the FCA register
- The 17 companies these 2 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
−£10.7k
−110% from £103k
Net assets
£473k
−2.2% from £484k
Cash at bank
£139k
−26% from £188k
Owed within a year
£331k
−39% from £540k
The accounts for the year to 30 September 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £5.03m, for the year to 30 September 2023.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 08100415. 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
Darwin Alternative Investment Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
15 June 2021
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
1 August 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Anthony Geoffrey David Esse gained significant control
- Christopher James Affleck Penney gained significant control
Companies House
2012
11 June 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
Firms connected to Darwin Alternative Investment Management
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Darwin Alternative Investment Management. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
- past links
- 7
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 7 past links through former directors
Firms like Darwin Alternative Investment Management
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- 68 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 11 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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: platform.acces-darwin-alternatives.com 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