Optiva Securities Limited
Reference number: 181192
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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
Bakers Hall, 7 Harp Lane, London, EC3R 6DP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When optivasecurities.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3981 4173 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC3R 6DP
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Orbis Equity Partners Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Sectram Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Securities Trading (UK) 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
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
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May control money if settlement through a mandate.
The general requirement not to hold or control CLIENT MONEY does not restrict the firm from controlling CLIENT MONEY if it arises from an agreement under which the firm effects settlement through a mandate or otherwise.
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
- 03068464 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 June 1995 (31 years old)
- Registered office
- 7 Harp Lane, London, EC3R 6DP, 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 |
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| Christian Gabriel St John Dennis | Director | Jun 1964 | 22 Feb 2008 | 7 other companies |
| Murtaza Fidahussein Jessa | Director | Mar 1959 | 29 Aug 2023 | 14 other companies |
| Michael Owen Garnett | Director | Feb 1961 | 28 Feb 2025 | None |
| Christian Gabriel St John Dennis | Secretary | Not published | 22 Feb 2008 | 7 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
- 21
- closed down
- 8
- still active
- 13
In the full report: all 21 companies, 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 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
−£924k
−123% from £4.00m
Net assets
£2.89m
−68% from £9.06m
Cash at bank
£170k
+67% from £102k
Owed within a year
£173k
−93% from £2.32m
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £10.2m, for the year to 31 December 2021.
Profit before tax
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 03068464. 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
Optiva Securities’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
30 January 2026
- Kurt Portmann stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Christian Gabriel St John Dennis took control (75–100% of shares)
- Kurt Portmann became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2010
24 June 2010
- Changed its registered name from "Orbis Equity Partners Limited"
FCA register
2008
5 June 2008
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control money if settlement through a mandate.)
FCA register
2007
13 November 2007
- Changed its registered name from "Sectram Limited"
FCA register
2003
23 December 2003
- Changed its registered name from "Securities Trading (UK) Ltd"
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1996
19 July 1996
- Regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority from this date
FCA register
1995
9 June 1995
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 28 events
- All 28 events in its history (12 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 13
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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