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
27-29 Union Street, London, SE1 1SD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When elbowbeach.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7947 0830 is
- Who else gives the postcode SE1 1SD
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- 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 (1 permission)
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
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.
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Venture Capital Business Only
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than Venture Capital business.
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.
- Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold)
The total value of assets under management by the firm must not exceed the relevant threshold as set out in Article 3(2) of AIFMD (as determined under Chapter II, section I of the AIFMD level 2 regulation). In the event that the relevant threshold is breached, the firm must submit an application for authorisation as a Full-scope UK AIFM to the FCA
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
- 14878721 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 May 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- 27-29 Union Street, London, SE1 1SD, 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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| Nicholas Francis Charman | Director | May 1982 | 18 May 2023 | 17 other companies |
| Thomas James Hardy | Director | Dec 1981 | 18 May 2023 | 10 other companies |
| Jonathan William Campbell Pollock | Director | Jan 1982 | 18 May 2023 | 18 other companies |
| David Gudgin | Director | Apr 1972 | 12 Jun 2024 | None |
| Beth Emily Perry Adamson | Director | May 1994 | 3 Jul 2025 | 1 other company |
| Beth Emily Perry Adamson | Secretary | Not published | 3 Jul 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 27
- closed down
- 5
- run together
- 10
In the full report: all 27 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 10 companies these 5 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£4
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
4
No earlier figure to compare
These accounts were filed as dormant: the company reported no significant trading in the period.
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 14878721. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Elbow Beach Ventures’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
2 September 2024
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
- FCA imposed a requirement (Venture Capital Business Only)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2023
18 May 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Jonathan William Campbell Pollock became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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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
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