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
1 Chesterfield Street, London, Westminster, W1J 5JF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When gcwpartners.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3961 0670 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1J 5JF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- GCW Global Customised Wealth LLP Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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)
- 07951 168362
Fake email addresses (1)
- anthony.lane@gcw-management.info
Fake websites (2)
- gcw-management.info
- gcw-management.pro
The FCA warning these came from
- GCW-Management 18 November 2025
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
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
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- 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.
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
- OC414942 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 5 December 2016 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 Chesterfield Street, London, W1J 5JF, England
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Bizer | LLP designated member | Aug 1961 | 5 Dec 2016 | 4 other companies |
| Sigurbjorn Thorkelsson | LLP designated member | Sep 1966 | 27 Nov 2017 | None |
| Adam Badr Domat | LLP member | Feb 1987 | 1 Jan 2025 | None |
| GCW GROUP PARTNERS LLP | Corporate LLP member | Not published | 24 May 2018 | None |
| GCW PROFESSIONALS LLP | Corporate LLP member | Not published | 24 May 2018 | 2 other companies |
| STORFORD TWO LIMITED | Corporate LLP member | Not published | 3 Jan 2022 | None |
| KLETTAR INVESTMENTS EHF | Corporate LLP member | Not published | 1 Dec 2022 | None |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- 5
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 7 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Gcw Partners’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 June 2026
- Changed its registered name from "GCW Global Customised Wealth LLP"
FCA register
2025
18 November 2025
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2019
1 October 2019
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
FCA register
2018
1 June 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2017
19 December 2017
- Adalheidur Magnusdottir no longer has significant control
Companies House
27 November 2017
- Adalheidur Magnusdottir gained significant control
- Sigurbjorn Thorkelsson gained significant control
Companies House
2016
5 December 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- David Bizer gained significant control
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Gcw Partners
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Gcw Partners. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 17 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
- FCA warning: GCW-Management 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