Frontier Development Capital Limited
Reference number: 829697
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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
The Colmore Building, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 6AT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When frontierdevelopmentcapital.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0330 223 1430 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode B4 6AT
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Mercia Business Loans Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Mercia Debt Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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)
- 0345 319 4528
Fake email addresses (1)
- admin@capitaldebtfinancing.com
Fake websites (2)
- capitaldebtfinancing.com
- propertiesarlington.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Capital Debt Financing 18 August 2023
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
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Venture Capital Business Only
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than Venture Capital business.
- 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.
- 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.
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
- 09967393 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 January 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- The Colmore Building, Colmore Circus Queensway, Birmingham, B4 6AT, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suzanne Wendy Summers | Director | Sep 1961 | 25 Jan 2016 | 23 other companies |
| Paul Cameron Taberner | Director | Oct 1964 | 5 Dec 2022 | 29 other companies |
| Martin James Glanfield | Director | Jan 1959 | 5 Dec 2022 | 14 other companies |
| Mark Andrew Payton (Dr) | Director | Apr 1967 | 5 Dec 2022 | 8 other companies |
| James Francis Sly | Director | Jan 1992 | 18 May 2026 | 12 other companies |
| Pauline Anne Watson | Secretary | Not published | 18 Oct 2016 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 59
- closed down
- 19
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 59 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- The 15 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 8 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£2.15m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£2.85m
+18% from £2.41m
Employees (average)
24
+9.1% from 22
Owed within a year
£1.18m
−30% from £1.68m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2022
- 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 09967393. 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
Frontier Development Capital’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
18 August 2023
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2022
6 December 2022
- John Martin Handley stopped being a part-owner
- Mercia Asset Management PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
- Suzanne Wendy Summers stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2019
8 August 2019
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
- FCA imposed a requirement (Venture Capital Business Only)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2018
24 September 2018
- Frontier Development Holdings Limited stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
1 December 2016
- Frontier Development Holdings Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- John Martin Handley became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Suzanne Wendy Summers became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
25 January 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 32 events
- All 32 events in its history (14 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms connected to Frontier Development Capital
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Frontier Development Capital. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share a director
- 4
- share its phone number
- 3
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4), the same phone number (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Frontier Development Capital
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In Birmingham
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- 59 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 32 events in its history
- 4 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: Capital Debt Financing 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