Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
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
6 Duke Street St James's, 2nd Floor, London, SW1Y 6BN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When oberoninvestments.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3179 5300 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode SW1Y 6BN
Other names (11)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Oberon Capital Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Oberon Private Ventures Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Barnard & Co Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Maintower Investments Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- M D Barnard & Co Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- M D Barnard & Company Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Barnard Marsh & Co Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Hanson Investment Management Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- M D Barnard Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- M D Barnard & Co Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Smythe House Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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 email addresses (1)
- support@oberonsys.com
Fake websites (1)
- oberonsys.com
The FCA warning these came from
- oberonsys.com 16 March 2026
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 · 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.
Show FCA detail (12 permissions)
- 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
- Causing dematerialised instructions to be sent
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
- Managing investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
- Sending dematerialised instructions
Limits on what they may do
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Restriction on new wealth management clients, and assets restrictions
1. The Firm, must not, without the prior written consent of the Authority on board any new wealth management clients. 2. The Firm, must not, without the prior written consent of the Authority, initiate or complete any new acquisitions, mergers, or purchases of businesses or client books. 3. The Firm, must not, without the prior written consent of the Authority, onboard, certify, or engage any new Investment Managers, whether directly or through associated entities. 4. The Firm must not, without the prior written consent of the Authority, in any way dispose of, withdraw, transfer, deal with or diminish the value of any of its own assets (whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere), whether held by the Firm as at the date of the imposition of the Requirements or acquired thereafter. 5. The Firm may continue dealing with or disposing of any of its own assets in the ordinary and proper course of business provided that the dealing or disposal is of a reoccurring nature that has previously been incurred (such as rent, insurance) or any new sum or value of such dealings or disposals, whether as a single transaction or a combination of related transactions, does not exceed £15,000. 6. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (5) above, the following would be in the ordinary and proper course of business: a. Any fees incurred or paid in exchange for legal or professional advisory services provided to the Firm; or b. Any salaries of the Firm’s staff, including to its directors, contractors, or any other employees, where such salaries have been agreed prior to the imposition of the Requirements; c. Any liabilities incurred prior to, but not paid by, today’s date. 7. For the avoidance of doubt, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (6) above, the following would not be in the ordinary and proper course of business: a. The making of any distribution to the Firm’s shareholders whether by way of capital distribution or dividends; b. Subject to sub-paragraph (6)(b) above, any payment to the Firm’s shareholders, directors, officers, employees, any connected entities, or persons; c. The making of any gift or loan by the Firm to any party; or the entry into any financial reconstruction, sale of any part of the Firm (whether share or asset based) or reorganisation. 8. Sub-paragraphs (4) to (7) constitute an assets requirement within the meaning of section 55P(4)(a) of the Act.
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.
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
- 02198303 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 25 November 1987 (38 years old)
- Registered office
- 6 Duke Street St. James's, 2nd Floor, London, SW1Y 6BN, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (SIC 66120)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Simon Philip Mcgivern | Director | Jul 1973 | 9 Jan 2018 | 13 other companies |
| Michael John Cuthbert | Director | Sep 1958 | 1 Dec 2024 | 1 other company |
| Gemma Claire Godfrey | Director | Sep 1983 | 1 Dec 2024 | 11 other companies |
| Alexander Robert Hambro (Hon) | Director | Jan 1962 | 1 Dec 2024 | 43 other companies |
| Marcia Coelho Manarin | Director | Jan 1971 | 14 Jan 2025 | 1 other company |
| Adam Herringer | Director | Mar 1981 | 7 Feb 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Barry Alan Smead | Director | Mar 1971 | 3 Aug 2026 | 6 other companies |
| Jonathan Lancelot Eddis | Director | May 1960 | 3 Aug 2026 | 8 other companies |
| John Geoffrey Beaumont | Secretary | Not published | 1 Dec 2024 | – |
Other companies run by these 8 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
- 77
- closed down
- 23
- went insolvent
- 4
In the full report: all 77 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 4 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 11 on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 8 directors run together
- All 22 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Oberon Investments’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
14 April 2026
- FCA imposed a requirement (Restriction on new wealth management clients, and assets restrictions)
FCA register
16 March 2026
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
9 March 2026
- Oberon Investments Group PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
- Oberon Securities Limited gave up control
Companies House
2021
7 April 2021
- Changed its registered name from "M D Barnard & Company Limited"
FCA register
24 March 2021
- Changed its registered name from "M D Barnard & Co Ltd"
FCA register
2018
9 January 2018
- Board replaced: its only director left and 3 new directors took over
- Michael David Barnard gave up control
Companies House
2017
30 November 2017
- Oberon Securities Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Michael David Barnard took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
6 August 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
FCA register
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
1988
29 April 1988
- Regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority from this date
FCA register
1987
25 November 1987
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1901
1 January 1901
- Changed its registered name from "Barnard & Co Ltd"
- Changed its registered name from "Maintower Investments Ltd"
FCA register
In the full report: all 75 events
- All 75 events in its history (18 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 38
Firms connected to Oberon Investments
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Oberon Investments. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 9
- share a director
- 5
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 9 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (5), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 6 past links through former directors
Firms like Oberon Investments
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
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- 77 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 75 events in its history
- 9 connected firms, named, and who links them
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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: oberonsys.com 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