Helios Financial Services Ltd
Reference number: 582714
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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
Game Larder, London Road, Arundel, West Sussex, BN18 9AU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When helios-fs.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07770 390480 is
- Who else gives the postcode BN18 9AU
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- HFS Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Helios Asset Management Ltd 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.
- 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
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
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Control client money
The firm may control but not hold client money
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
- 07905779 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 January 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 2a1, Northside House, Mount Pleasant, Barnet, EN4 9EB, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of financial services holding companies (SIC 64205)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ian Hugh William Van Stratum | Director | May 1956 | 11 Jan 2012 | 6 other companies |
| Zbigniew Popowski | Director | Jul 1971 | 18 Oct 2018 | None |
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
- 6
- closed down
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 6 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 one on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- All 5 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£184k
+304% from £45.6k
Profit before tax
£102k
+676% from £13.1k
Net assets
£102k
+12% from £90.8k
Cash at bank
£3,212
−70% from £10.6k
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 07905779. 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
Helios Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
13 September 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Helios Asset Management Ltd"
FCA register
2018
1 September 2018
- John Victor Thurston became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- John Victor Thurston stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Ian Hugh William Van Stratum took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
11 January 2013
- FCA imposed a requirement (Control client money)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2012
16 October 2012
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
11 January 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 21 events
- All 21 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to Helios Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Helios Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Helios Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In the Brighton (BN) postcode area
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 21 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
- 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