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
Asticus Building, 21 Palmer Street, London, SW1H 0AD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When poluscapital.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7259 4800 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode SW1H 0AD
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Cairn Capital Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Cairn Financial Products Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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 phone numbers (1)
- 07893 928218
Fake email addresses (1)
- support@polusinvestment.com
Fake websites (1)
- polusinvestmentmanagement.com
The FCA warning these came from
- Polus Investment Management Limited 15 June 2023
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
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 · 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.
- 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 (6 permissions)
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Dealing in investments as agent
- 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.
- CPMI Requirement
The firm is only permitted to carry on the activities specified in FUND 1.4.3R (1) to (6) or any successor provision
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
- 04885685 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 September 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- Asticus Building, 21 Palmer Street, London, SW1H 0AD, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Nicholas Ian Chalmers | Director | Jun 1973 | 5 Dec 2019 | 3 other companies |
| Melanie Jane Davison | Director | Jan 1967 | 2 Mar 2023 | None |
| Samantha Leigh Bartlett | Director | Jan 1983 | 21 Mar 2023 | None |
| Robert John Dafforn | Director | Nov 1980 | 12 Apr 2023 | None |
| Ryan Sinnott | Director | Nov 1973 | 23 May 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Stefano Dova | Director | Mar 1976 | 30 Oct 2024 | None |
| Loic Alain Daniel Prevot | Director | Dec 1979 | 31 Dec 2025 | None |
| Francesco Benvenuto Coatti | Director | Aug 1970 | 26 Jan 2026 | 1 other company |
| Matthew Dean Drayton | Secretary | Not published | 17 Jan 2022 | – |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 2
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 8 directors run together
- All 23 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Polus Capital Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
15 June 2023
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2022
3 November 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Cairn Capital Limited"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Polus Capital Management Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
28 January 2015
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
FCA register
27 January 2015
- FCA imposed a requirement (CPMI Requirement)
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2010
6 January 2010
- Changed its registered name from "Cairn Financial Products Ltd"
FCA register
2005
7 March 2005
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2004
5 August 2004
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2003
3 September 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 46 events
- All 46 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 34
Firms connected to Polus Capital Management
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Polus Capital Management. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its phone number
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same phone number (2), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Polus Capital Management
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 46 events in its history
- 2 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: Polus Investment Management Limited 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