FirstPoint Equity Ltd
Reference number: 537110
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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
First Point Equity Capital Ltd, 11 Bressenden Place, London, Westminster, SW1E 5BY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When firstpointequity.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3375 4566 is
- Whether SW1E 5BY is a shared office: 26 other firms give it
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Justin Bower Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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.
- 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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- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 07434480 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 November 2010 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 11 Bressenden Place, London, SW1E 5BY, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Bower | Director | Sep 1972 | 9 Nov 2010 | 6 other companies |
| Natasha Bower | Secretary | Not published | 11 Apr 2012 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 6
- closed down
- 5
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 6 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£40.0k
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Profit before tax
−£19.7k
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Net assets
£271k
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Cash at bank
£1.17m
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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 07434480. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
FirstPoint Equity’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Justin Bower took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
10 June 2011
- Changed its registered name from "Justin Bower Ltd"
FCA register
27 May 2011
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
26 May 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2010
9 November 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 10 events
- All 10 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 1
Firms connected to FirstPoint Equity
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with FirstPoint Equity. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 10 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk