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
52 North Street, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1NQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When georgeide.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01243 786668 is
- Who else gives the postcode PO19 1NQ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- George Ide LLP Solicitors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- 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
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in 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.
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No CORPORATE FIN. BUSINESS unless non-mainstream
The firm must not carry on any CORPORATE FINANCE BUSINESS that is a REGULATED ACTIVITY unless it is a NON-MAINSTREAM REGULATED ACTIVITY.
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Regulated activities incidental only.
The firm must not carry on the specified REGULATED ACTIVITIES otherwise than in an incidental manner in the course of the provision by it of professional services (that is, services which do not consist of REGULATED ACTIVITIES)
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
- OC336392 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 10 April 2008 (18 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Louise Ursula Watt | LLP member | Feb 1961 | 10 Apr 2008 | 3 other companies |
| Paul Ian Lewis | LLP designated member | Dec 1969 | 1 Oct 2010 | 2 other companies |
| Nicholas Stuart Smith | LLP designated member | Mar 1973 | 1 Jul 2011 | None |
| Danielle Louise Jhurry-Wright | LLP designated member | Apr 1979 | 1 Aug 2017 | 1 other company |
| Katie Louise Hutchinson | LLP designated member | Jul 1966 | 1 Aug 2017 | 1 other company |
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
- 6
- closed down
- 3
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 6 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 1 company these 5 directors run together
- All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
George Ide’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
4 December 2017
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2009
7 May 2009
- Supervised by Solicitors Regulation Authority from this date
- Supervised by The Law Society from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (No CORPORATE FIN. BUSINESS unless non-mainstream)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Regulated activities incidental only.)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
7 April 2009
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2008
10 April 2008
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 38 events
- All 38 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 25
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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