Equistone Partners Europe Limited
Reference number: 124366
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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
Equistone Partners Europe, 60 Ludgate Hill, London, City Of London, EC4M 7AW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When equistonepe.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7653 5300 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC4M 7AW
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Equistone Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Barclays Development Capital Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Barclays Private Equity Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- BZW Private Equity Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (1)
- +84 028 221 594 39
Fake websites (2)
- esevn.com
- uk-investmentbond.com
The 2 FCA warnings these came from
- Equistone Partners Asia / esevn.com 11 November 2024
- Equistone Volkswagen AG 27 November 2018
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
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)
- 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
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 May not undertake custody (i.e. safeguard and administer assets) in relation to any MiFID services or activities.
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 01125740 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 31 July 1973 (53 years old)
- Registered office
- One New Ludgate, 60 Ludgate Hill, London, EC4M 7AW, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steven Jonathan O'Hare | Director | Feb 1975 | 27 Feb 2019 | 7 other companies |
| Grégoire Charles Marie Bernard Châtillon | Director | May 1977 | 7 May 2019 | None |
| Dominic Charles Edward Geer | Director | Sep 1971 | 7 Jan 2020 | 4 other companies |
| Yushra Abdool-Raheem | Director | Mar 1989 | 31 Oct 2023 | 14 other companies |
| Grégoire Jean Paul Marie Schlumberger | Director | May 1979 | 31 Mar 2025 | None |
| Timothy Allan Swales | Director | Feb 1978 | 2 Apr 2025 | 19 other companies |
| Paul Robert Harper | Director | Aug 1979 | 1 Sep 2025 | 17 other companies |
| Hubert Christiaan Van Wolfswinkel | Director | Dec 1980 | 15 Sep 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 8 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
- 48
- closed down
- 8
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 48 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- The 10 companies these 8 directors run together
- All 62 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Equistone Partners Europe’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
28 February 2022
- FCA imposed a requirement (CPMI Requirement)
FCA register
2019
9 January 2019
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
FCA register
2018
27 November 2018
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2016
6 April 2016
- Equistone Private Equity Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
28 November 2011
- Changed its registered name from "Barclays Private Equity Limited"
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1998
1 February 1998
- Changed its registered name from "BZW Private Equity Limited"
FCA register
1995
24 April 1995
- Changed its registered name from "Barclays Development Capital Ltd"
FCA register
1988
29 April 1988
- Regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority from this date
FCA register
1973
31 July 1973
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 113 events
- All 113 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 96
Firms connected to Equistone Partners Europe
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Equistone Partners Europe. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Equistone Partners Europe
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
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- 48 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 113 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, 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
- FCA warning: Equistone Partners Asia / esevn.com fca.org.uk
- FCA warning: Equistone Volkswagen AG fca.org.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