Finance Birmingham Limited
Reference number: 579201
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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
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Phone number
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Address
11th Floor, 45 Church Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B3 2RT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When financebirmingham.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0121 233 4903 is
- Who else gives the postcode B3 2RT
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
- 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.
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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
- 07423867 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 October 2010 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- The Council House, Victoria Square, Birmingham, West Midlands, B1 1BB
- Nature of business
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- Activities of venture and development capital companies (SIC 64303)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| John Martin Handley | Director | Mar 1962 | 29 Oct 2010 | 54 other companies |
| Suzanne Wendy Summers | Director | Sep 1961 | 29 Oct 2010 | 23 other companies |
| Andrew Healey | Director | Nov 1982 | 17 Jun 2026 | 3 other companies |
| Pauline Anne Watson | Secretary | Not published | 1 Mar 2011 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 68
- closed down
- 24
- went insolvent
- 3
In the full report: all 68 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 3 that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 12 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£118k
−33% from £175k
Cash at bank
£111k
−58% from £260k
Employees (average)
2
−33% from 3
Owed within a year
£11.9k
−89% from £104k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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 07423867. 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
Finance Birmingham’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Birmingham City Council took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
21 July 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
2 July 2012
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money & Assets)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Venture Capital Business Only)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
29 May 2012
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2010
29 October 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to Finance Birmingham
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Finance Birmingham. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 6
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 6 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Finance Birmingham
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In Birmingham
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- 68 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 23 events in its history
- 6 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
- 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