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
Ascot House, Epsom Avenue, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 3DF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When equilibrium.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0161 486 2250 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode SK9 3DF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Equilibrium Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- 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)
- 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
- 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.
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
- OC390700 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 29 January 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- Ascot House Epsom Avenue, Handforth, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 3DF, England
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| EQUILIBRIUM INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT HOLDCO LTD | Corporate LLP designated member | Not published | 23 Sep 2025 | 1 other company |
| EQUILIBRIUM FINANCIAL PLANNING HOLDCO LTD | Corporate LLP designated member | Not published | 23 Sep 2025 | 1 other company |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1.27m
No earlier figure to compare
Employees (average)
5
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Owed within a year
£431k
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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 OC390700. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Equilibrium Investment Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
23 September 2025
- Board replaced: all 5 directors left and 2 new directors took over
- Colin Antony Lawson no longer holds 50–75% of the votes
- Equilibrium Financial Planning Holdco Ltd gave up control
- Equilibrium Financial Planning Holdco Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
- Equilibrium Investment Management Holdco Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2017
1 September 2017
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Colin Antony Lawson gained 50–75% of the votes
Companies House
2014
29 January 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 29 events
- All 29 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 16
Firms connected to Equilibrium Investment Management
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Equilibrium Investment Management. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Equilibrium Investment Management
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In the Stockport (SK) postcode area
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 29 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
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