Kvika Limited
Reference number: 538806
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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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Nations House, 103 Wigmore Street, London, W1U 1QS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When kvika.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 8050 5717 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1U 1QS
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Kvika Securities Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Ortus Capital Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Virding Securities Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · Manage or trade investments · Run or oversee funds 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
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
- Managing 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.
One supervisory condition set by the FCA
These are conditions the FCA places on the firm itself, covering things like capital it must hold and what it must report. They do not change what the firm may do for you.
- Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold)
The total value of assets under management by the firm must not exceed the relevant threshold as set out in Article 3(2) of AIFMD (as determined under Chapter II, section I of the AIFMD level 2 regulation). In the event that the relevant threshold is breached, the firm must submit an application for authorisation as a Full-scope UK AIFM to the FCA
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
- 06801718 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 January 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- 103 Nations House, Wigmore Street, London, W1U 1QS, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy John Smalley | Director | Oct 1965 | 18 Nov 2020 | 1 other company |
| Gudmundur Thordarson | Director | Mar 1972 | 15 May 2023 | None |
| Vala Hronn Gudmundsdottir | Director | Mar 1989 | 28 Aug 2024 | None |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 18 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£5.26m
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£85.9k
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Employees (average)
6
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Owed within a year
£1.25m
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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 06801718. 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
Kvika’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
19 March 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Kvika Securities Ltd"
FCA register
2019
11 January 2019
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
FCA register
2017
20 September 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Virding Securities Ltd"
FCA register · Companies House
2 March 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Ortus Capital Limited"
FCA register
22 February 2017
- Kvika Banki Hf took control (75–100% of shares)
- Orvar Kaernested stopped being a part-owner
- Richard Beenstock stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Orvar Kaernested became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Richard Beenstock became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
28 July 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2009
26 January 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 50 events
- All 50 events in its history (14 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 33
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 50 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