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 December 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £680k more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Sapeno Partners LLP Reference number: 628713 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.
- Forge Europe UK Ltd (FRN 1001272) is an AR of Sapeno Partners LLP (FRN 628713). When you use Forge Europe UK's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Forge Europe UK, 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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
16 Great Chapel Street, London, Westminster, W1F 8FL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 4587 9613 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1F 8FL
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Sapeno Partners LLP, 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
- 14877431 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 18 May 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- 16 Great Chapel Street, London, W1F 8FL, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial management (SIC 70221)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Edward Wales | Director | Oct 1987 | 30 Jul 2024 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 7 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£680k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£934k
+226% from £286k
Employees (average)
5
Same as 5
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £680k more than it owned.
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 14877431. 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
Forge Europe UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
29 July 2024
- Thomas Clermont Lake Davies no longer has significant control
Companies House
2023
4 December 2023
- Niko Markus Schindler no longer has significant control
Companies House
22 August 2023
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
18 May 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Forge Europe Gmbh took control (75–100% of shares)
- Niko Markus Schindler gained significant control
- Thomas Clermont Lake Davies gained significant control
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
Firms connected to Forge Europe UK
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Forge Europe UK. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Forge Europe UK
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In London
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- Every company its directors have run, named
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- All 20 events in its history
- 2 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk