Empirical Ventures Ltd
Reference number: 1001958
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 3 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2023
- Accounts filed up to 31 January 2026
Responsible principal firm
SFC Capital Partners Ltd Reference number: 736284 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Empirical Ventures Ltd (FRN 1001958) is an AR of SFC Capital Partners Ltd (FRN 736284). When you use Empirical Ventures's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Empirical Ventures, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
66 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NA, England
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When empiricalventures.vc first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07929 471809 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC2A 4NA
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through SFC Capital Partners Ltd, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 14583433 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 10 January 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- 66 Paul Street, London, EC2A 4NA, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Management consultancy activities other than financial management (SIC 70229)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnathan Vincent Matlock (Dr) | Director | Aug 1988 | 10 Jan 2023 | 3 other companies |
| Benjamin Thomas Miles (Dr) | Director | Mar 1989 | 10 Jan 2023 | 4 other companies |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 6
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£160k
+151% from £63.8k
Cash at bank
£368k
+83% from £201k
Employees (average)
8
+60% from 5
Owed within a year
£239k
+53% from £156k
Assets and liabilities
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 14583433. 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
Empirical Ventures’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
26 September 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
10 January 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Benjamin Thomas Miles became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Johnathan Vincent Matlock became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Benjamin Thomas Miles appointed as a director
- Johnathan Vincent Matlock appointed as a director
Companies House
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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- All 6 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
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