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
Hathaway Investment Management, Grosvenor House, 14 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, B2 5RS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When hathawayinvestment.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0121 632 3970 is
- Who else gives the postcode B2 5RS
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Shakespeares Solicitors Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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.
- 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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- 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
- Managing investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
Limits on what they may do
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Voluntary Requirement
Restriction on New Clients 1. The Firm must not onboard new clients, other than those identified in the Authority’s email of 25 September 2026, without the Authority’s prior written consent. The Authority agrees to consider any request promptly. Restriction on Accepting New Monies and Assets from Clients 2. The Firm must not request or accept new monies and assets from clients, other than those identified in the Authority’s email of 25 September 2026, without the Authority’s prior written consent. The Authority agrees to consider any request promptly. Asset Restriction 3. The Firm must not, without the Authority’s prior written consent, in any way dispose of, withdraw, transfer, deal with or diminish the value of any of its own assets, and any funds it holds for, or to the order of, its clients (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere). The Authority agrees to consider any request promptly. 4. The Firm must ensure that all relevant funds are appropriately ringfenced in a designated client money account or accounts. For the avoidance of doubt, if this requires a transfer between accounts, this must be done with the prior written consent of the Authority. The Authority agrees to consider any request promptly. 5. The Requirement in paragraph 3 does not apply to: a. monetary payments or the disposal of assets made by the Firm in the ordinary course of business, amounting to no more than £10,000 whether as a single transaction or a combination of related transactions in any single calendar month. The Authority agrees to consider any request promptly; and b. those identified in the Authority’s email of 25 September 2026. 6. The Requirement in Paragraph 3 also does not apply to: a. Transactions giving effect to instructions initiated by clients. b. Usual and proper salary payments, pension scheme contributions and payments to HMRC made by the Firm. c. The transfer or disposal of any of the Firm’s or the YFS Hathaway Fund’s investment management agreements to any third party, provided that (a) the Firm gives the Authority no less than five working days’ prior written notice of any such transfer or disposal, such notice to include details of the investment management agreements to be transferred or disposed of and the details of any counterparty, and (b) the Authority provides its written consent to the Firm for such a disposal. 7. For the purposes of paragraph 5, the following shall not be regarded as payments in the ordinary course of business: a. Payments of unusual or significant amounts to the Firm’s controllers, shareholders, directors, officers, employees or any connected persons (which shall include any management or performance fees). b. The making of any capital distribution or payment of any dividend. c. The making of any non-de minimis gift or loan by the Firm to any party. d. The entry into any financial restructuring, sale or reorganisation of any part of the Firm (whether share or asset based).
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
- 03849924 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 September 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- Grosvenor House, 14 Bennetts Hill, Birmingham, West Midlands, B2 5RS
- Nature of business
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- Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (SIC 66120)
- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Graham Andrew John Englefield | Director | Jun 1962 | 30 Sep 1999 | 2 other companies |
| Stuart Robert George Englefield | Director | Sep 1960 | 30 Sep 1999 | 19 other companies |
| James Pearce | Director | Apr 1972 | 17 Nov 2005 | None |
| Stuart Robert George Englefield | Secretary | Not published | 30 Sep 1999 | 19 other companies |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 19
- closed down
- 15
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 19 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 12 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£878k
+3.9% from £845k
Profit before tax
£26.7k
−66% from £77.7k
Total equity
£356k
+6.4% from £335k
Cash at bank
£224k
−7% from £241k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 7 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 03849924. 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
Hathaway Investment Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
1 October 2026
- FCA imposed a requirement (Voluntary Requirement)
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Farimah Englefield became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Graham Andrew John Englefield gained significant control
- Rosslyne Englefield became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Stuart Robert George Englefield gained significant control
Companies House
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
1999
23 December 1999
- Changed its registered name from "Shakespeares Solicitors"
FCA register
29 September 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1901
1 January 1901
- Regulated by the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 35 events
- All 35 events in its history (11 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 21
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
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