Guy Butler Limited
Reference number: 190911
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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
Guy Butler Ltd, Dashwood House, 69 Old Broad Street, London, City Of London, EC2M 1QS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When guybutler.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 8828 2200 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC2M 1QS
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 websites (1)
- gblgold.com
The FCA warning these came from
- GBL Financial Services Ltd 11 September 2014
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 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)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
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
- 03869802 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 2 November 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- 4th Floor 95 Gresham Street, London, EC2V 7AB, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (SIC 66120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul William Curtis Hayward | Director | Sep 1958 | 9 Nov 1999 | 5 other companies |
| Peter Evans | Director | Aug 1976 | 9 Jul 2007 | None |
| Andrew Blackwell | Director | Feb 1971 | 16 Jul 2009 | None |
| Nicholas James Dargan | Director | Apr 1971 | 25 Jul 2022 | 38 other companies |
| David Bernard Mindel | Director | Apr 1978 | 25 Jul 2022 | 1 other company |
| Jonathan Stone | Director | May 1983 | 25 Jul 2022 | None |
| Nicholas Dargan | Secretary | Not published | 2 Apr 2019 | – |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 44
- closed down
- 22
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 44 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£10.4m
−11% from £11.7m
Profit before tax
£1.73m
−3.3% from £1.79m
Net assets
£10.0m
−1.7% from £10.2m
Cash at bank
£2.88m
−32% from £4.25m
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- Both charts, 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 03869802. 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
Guy Butler’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Paul William Curtis Hayward became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2014
11 September 2014
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2000
1 January 2000
- Regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority from this date
FCA register
1999
2 November 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 30 events
- All 30 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 20
Firms connected to Guy Butler
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Guy Butler. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past links
- 4
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 4 past links through former directors
Firms like Guy Butler
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
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- 44 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 30 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
- FCA warning: GBL Financial Services Ltd 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