Authorised, but in an insolvency process
This firm is under the control of insolvency practitioners and may have stopped taking on new business. If you are or were a customer, deal with the appointed office holders rather than the firm.
- No FCA actions
- Company: in liquidation
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House
What the FCA says
ATTENTION - Firm in an insolvency process
This firm is in an insolvency process. It is under the control of the appointed insolvency office holder(s) and may have stopped taking on new business. It has to continue to meet our standards in line with its regulatory status, including when dealing with its customers. If you are/were a customer check how this affects you with the firm or the appointed insolvency office holder(s).
Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
C/O Helen Dale, GRANT THORNTON UK LLP, 30 Finsbury Square, London, EC2P 2YU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode EC2P 2YU
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- In an insolvency processMoney the firm held is returned through the appointed office holders, which takes time and can fall short. The FSCS covers eligible claims up to its limits, and the Ombudsman can still look at a complaint.
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- 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
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
Limits on the record
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The firm may not conduct any new business
No new customers
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.
Concerns on the company record
- Companies House records this company in liquidation, but it is still authorised on the FCA register.
- Accounts are overdue at Companies House.
- Confirmation statement is overdue at Companies House.
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 04991156 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Liquidation
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 December 2003 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O GRANT THORNTON UK ADVISORY & TAX LLP, 11th Floor, Landmark St Peter's Square, 1 Oxford Street, Manchester, M1 4PB
- Nature of business
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- 7487
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Christopher Waller | Director | Jul 1946 | 11 Aug 2006 | 10 other companies |
| Paul Andrew Bispham | Director | Dec 1962 | 12 Mar 2007 | 8 other companies |
| VERSEC SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 1 May 2007 | – |
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
- 15
- closed down
- 5
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 15 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 one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Defined Returns’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2009
19 October 2009
- FCA imposed a requirement (The firm may not conduct any new business)
FCA register
2005
21 June 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2003
10 December 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 14
Firms connected to Defined Returns
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Defined Returns. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
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- 15 other companies its directors have run, named
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 21 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
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