Forward Gallery Ltd
Reference number: 741734
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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
Forward Gallery, 14 Caxton Gate, 5 Cannon Street, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5EP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When forwardgallery.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0121 236 0920 is
- Who else gives the postcode B2 5EP
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Colley Ison Gallery Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- REUBEN COLLEY FINE ARTS LIMITED Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Colmore Editions Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Reuben Colley Fine Art Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
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
- 07671929 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 June 2011 (15 years old)
- Registered office
- 14 Caxton Gate 5 Cannon Street, Birmingham, B2 5EP, England
- Nature of business
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- Operation of arts facilities (SIC 90040)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy David Ison | Director | Mar 1968 | 1 May 2013 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- Both people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£27.5k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£15.0k
−44% from £26.9k
Employees (average)
2
−50% from 4
Owed within a year
£186k
+183% from £65.6k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 07671929. 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
Forward Gallery’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
17 February 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Colley Ison Gallery Ltd"
FCA register
2024
5 December 2024
- Reuben Colley no longer holds 25–50% of the votes
Companies House
2022
14 January 2022
- Changed its registered name from "REUBEN COLLEY FINE ARTS LIMITED"
FCA register
2016
7 April 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Fullbrook Thorpe LLP became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Reuben Colley gained 25–50% of the votes
- Timothy David Ison became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2011
16 June 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 21 events in its history
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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