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
Ediston Properties Ltd, 1 St. Andrew Square, Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City Of, EH2 2BD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When ediston.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0131 225 5599 is
- Who else gives the postcode EH2 2BD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments · 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.
- 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
- Establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
- Managing investments
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.
One supervisory condition set by the FCA
These are conditions the FCA places on the firm itself, covering things like capital it must hold and what it must report. They do not change what the firm may do for you.
- CPMI Requirement
The firm is only permitted to carry on the activities specified in FUND 1.4.3R (1) to (6) or any successor provision
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
- 09626337 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 5 June 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- Level 4, Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street, London, EC2M 1QS, England
- Nature of business
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- Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis (SIC 68320)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Rankin Vallance Laing | Director | Sep 1969 | 5 Jun 2015 | 36 other companies |
| Andrew David Mckinlay | Director | Aug 1966 | 5 Jun 2015 | 30 other companies |
| Daniel O'Neill | Director | Nov 1969 | 5 Jun 2015 | 44 other companies |
| Gregg William Carswell | Director | Feb 1981 | 14 Apr 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Gregg William Carswell | Secretary | Not published | 14 Apr 2023 | – |
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
- 70
- closed down
- 46
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 70 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 29 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Ediston Investment Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
4 April 2024
- Ediston Eot Trustee Company Ltd (On Behalf Of The Ediston Employee Ownership Trust) became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Daniel O'Neill became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
23 February 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (CPMI Requirement)
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2015
5 June 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 12
Firms connected to Ediston Investment Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ediston Investment Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
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
Firms like Ediston Investment Services
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- 70 other companies its directors have run, named
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- All 20 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
- 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