Octopus Financial Services Limited
Reference number: 630986
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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
33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When octopusmoney.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3195 4455 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode EC1N 2HT
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Candid Financial Advice Limited 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
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- 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
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
- 08261124 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 October 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel Marsh | Director | Jul 1991 | 24 Oct 2024 | 24 other companies |
| Simon Andrew Rogerson | Director | Jul 1974 | 21 May 2026 | 44 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
- 64
- closed down
- 9
- are FCA-registered
- 8
In the full report: all 64 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 8 on the FCA register
- The 4 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£976k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Profit before tax
£249k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
£220k
+18% from £186k
Cash at bank
£464k
No earlier figure to compare
The previous accounts cover 12 months, so turnover and profit are not compared with them.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, 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 08261124. 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
Octopus Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
7 October 2026
- Octopus Money Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Octopus Money Limited gave up control
Companies House
20 May 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Candid Financial Advice Limited"
FCA register
2024
24 October 2024
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1 October 2024
- Ian David Millward stopped being a part-owner
- Justin Roman Maxwell Modray stopped being a part-owner
- Octopus Money Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Ian David Millward became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Justin Roman Maxwell Modray became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2014
12 December 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2012
19 October 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 24 events
- All 24 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 10
Firms connected to Octopus Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Octopus Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 6
- share a director
- 6
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 6 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (6), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like Octopus Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In London
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- 64 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 24 events in its history
- 6 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
- 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