Authorisation being cancelled
This firm has asked the FCA to cancel its authorisation. It is still in force until the FCA processes the application, so existing business keeps its protection, but its regulated work is winding down.
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
Level 8, 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hartreepartners.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7201 7134 is
- Who else gives the postcode SW1W 9SH
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hess Energy Company (UK) Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- HETCO Advisory Services U.K. Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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 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)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
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Energy Market Participant
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than energy market activity.
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
- 04308190 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 October 2001 (25 years old)
- Registered office
- Level 8 123 Buckingham Palace Road, London, SW1W 9SH, England
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Michael Semlitz | Director | Feb 1953 | 5 Nov 2001 | 37 other companies |
| Heiko Voelker | Director | Dec 1962 | 5 Nov 2001 | 11 other companies |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 43
- closed down
- 9
- run together
- 5
In the full report: all 43 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 5 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Hartree Partners Advisory Services U.K.’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
31 July 2026
- Brookfield Asset Management Ltd became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2018
1 May 2018
- Hartree Partners, LP gave up control
Companies House
2017
2 November 2017
- Hartree Partners, LP took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
17 February 2015
- Changed its registered name from "HETCO Advisory Services U.K. Limited"
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2006
18 September 2006
- Changed its registered name from "Hess Energy Company (UK) Limited"
FCA register
2002
23 July 2002
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Energy Market Participant)
- Applied to cancel its FCA authorisation
FCA register
2001
19 October 2001
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
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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