Authorisation being cancelled
Paul Simons has asked the FCA to cancel their authorisation. It is still in force until the FCA processes the application, so existing business keeps its protection, but their regulated work is winding down.
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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
20 Eriskay Avenue, Newton Mearns, Glasgow, East Renfrewshire, G77 6XB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07977 900909 is
- Who else gives the postcode G77 6XB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- paul Simons Financial Services Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 (5 permissions)
- 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
- 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.
Key dates in its history
Paul Simons’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2011
13 July 2011
- Applied to cancel its FCA authorisation
FCA register
17 May 2011
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (3 shown here)
Firms like Paul Simons
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.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