R C Brown Investment Management PLC: FCA regulated?

Acts as a payment agent

This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts as a payment agent under another firm's authorisation.

Agent for 2 years
No FCA actions
Active company since 1990
Accounts filed up to 31 March 2026
Your funds are not FSCS protected

This is one of the company's FCA records. It separately holds full FCA authorisation under FRN 146002 →.

Responsible principal firm

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This company holds another FCA record

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R C Brown Investment Management Plc Reference number: 146002 Authorised

Website, phone number and address

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No website on the FCA register
Phone number

0117 925 6073
Address

1 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, Avon, BS1 6DG, United Kingdom

In the full report: 2 background checks

What kind of line 0117 925 6073 is
Who else gives the postcode BS1 6DG

Past FCA permissions and consumer protection

Protection works through the principal
This firm acts as an agent of an authorised payment or e-money firm rather than holding its own authorisation. FSCS does not protect money held by an agent. Funds should be safeguarded by the principal, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may still be able to look at a complaint.

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: 02489639 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company status: Active
Company type: Public limited company
Incorporated: 5 April 1990 (36 years old)
Registered office: 1 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol, BS1 6DG
Nature of business: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Security and commodity contracts dealing activities (SIC 66120)
Fund management activities (SIC 66300)

Directors and company secretaries

Name	Role	Born	Appointed	Other companies
Oliver Charles Brown	Director	Sep 1980	7 May 2009	5 other companies
Alan Frederick Beaney	Director	Aug 1957	17 Mar 2010	8 other companies
Glenn John Meyer	Director	Jun 1959	1 May 2012	6 other companies
Neil Michael Whelan	Director	Dec 1978	16 Nov 2018	2 other companies
Robert Charles Brown	Director	Mar 1947	Not published	3 other companies
Oliver Charles Brown	Secretary	Not published	1 May 2013	–

Other companies run by these 5 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: 13
closed down: 4
are FCA-registered: 2

In the full report: all 13 companies, named

What each company does, and whether it is still trading
Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
Any that went into liquidation or administration
The 2 on the FCA register
The 4 companies these 5 directors run together
All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates

Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2026Group accountsAudited

Turnover

£6.59m

+145% from £2.69m

Profit before tax

£778k

+128% from £341k

Net assets

£3.15m

+42% from £2.22m

Cash at bank

£1.61m

+46% from £1.10m

Turnover and profit

In the full report: all 7 years of accounts

Every year from 2020 to 2026
Both charts, 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.

Figures from the year to 31 March 2022 are for the group: the company and the businesses it owns. Earlier years are the company’s own accounts, from before it had a group.

The figures for the year to 31 March 2026 were read from the printed accounts, because the filing does not tag them in a form that can be read automatically. They were checked against the accounts’ own totals.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 02489639. 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

R C Brown Investment Management’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (3) All events (14)

2024

20 September 2024

Status on the FCA register became "PSD Agent"

FCA register

2016

6 April 2016

Robert Charles Brown became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)

Companies House

1990

5 April 1990

Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 14 events

All 14 events in its history (3 shown here)
Every director appointment and resignation: 11

Firms connected to R C Brown Investment Management

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with R C Brown Investment Management. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms: 2
share its postcode: 2

In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named

How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
Who links each one: the named directors, with dates

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13 other companies its directors have run, named
2 background checks on its contact details
7 years of accounts, charted
All 14 events in its history
2 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is R C Brown Investment Management PLC FCA authorised?

R C Brown Investment Management PLC (FRN 1019634) is on the FCA register as an agent of an authorised payment or e-money firm. It does not hold its own authorisation: it acts under the principal's, and the principal is responsible for the money.

What is R C Brown Investment Management’s phone number?

The FCA register lists the phone number 0117 925 6073 for R C Brown Investment Management. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is R C Brown Investment Management a scam or clone?

R C Brown Investment Management is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.

Is my money safe with R C Brown Investment Management?

R C Brown Investment Management is an agent, so it does not hold its own FCA authorisation and FSCS does not protect money held by an agent. Your money should be safeguarded by the authorised firm it acts for. You can still refer a complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service, which may be able to look at it.

Who owns R C Brown Investment Management?

Companies House lists one person with significant control of R C Brown Investment Management: Mr Robert Charles Brown (50–75% of shares).

Who runs R C Brown Investment Management?

Companies House lists 5 directors of R C Brown Investment Management: Oliver Charles Brown, Alan Frederick Beaney, Glenn John Meyer, Neil Michael Whelan and Robert Charles Brown.

How long has R C Brown Investment Management been in business?

The company was formed on 5 April 1990.

What do R C Brown Investment Management’s latest accounts show?

Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2026, show turnover of £6.59m (+145% from £2.69m) and profit before tax of £778k (+128% from £341k).