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
2 Maple Court, Davenport Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1JE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When sfccapitalpartners.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07812 985121 is
- Who else gives the postcode SK10 1JE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Start Up Funding Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money · 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.
- 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)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
- Managing investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
Limits on what they may do
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Corporate finance or venture capital only
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than corporate finance business or venture capital business
- 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.
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Retail Clients Restriction
The firm must only undertake Designated Investment Business activities with retail clients that are either a) certified high net worth investors or b) self-certified sophisticated investors. The terms retail clients, certified high net worth investor, self-certified sophisticated investor have the meaning given in the Glossary to the FCA Handbook.
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.
- Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold)
The total value of assets under management by the firm must not exceed the relevant threshold as set out in Article 3(2) of AIFMD (as determined under Chapter II, section I of the AIFMD level 2 regulation). In the event that the relevant threshold is breached, the firm must submit an application for authorisation as a Full-scope UK AIFM to the FCA
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
- 09226119 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 September 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Maple Court, Davenport Street, Macclesfield, Cheshire, SK10 1JE, 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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| Stephen Roy Page | Director | Apr 1953 | 19 Sep 2014 | 55 other companies |
| Mark Somers Hosking Tayler | Director | Mar 1972 | 2 Jan 2017 | 7 other companies |
| Richard Charles Payne | Director | Nov 1960 | 7 Jan 2025 | 6 other companies |
| Marguerite Crossfield | Secretary | Not published | 19 Sep 2014 | – |
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
- 64
- closed down
- 37
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 64 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 3 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£2.65m
+69% from £1.57m
Profit before tax
£497k
+190% from £172k
Total equity
£1.23m
+44% from £853k
Cash at bank
£3.69m
+33% from £2.77m
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 5 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09226119. 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
SFC Capital Partners’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
21 August 2025
- FCA imposed a requirement (Retail Clients Restriction)
FCA register
2017
21 March 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Start Up Funding Ltd"
FCA register
2016
19 December 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Corporate finance or venture capital only)
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Stephen Roy Page gave up control
- Stephen Roy Page took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
19 September 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
Firms connected to SFC Capital Partners
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with SFC Capital Partners. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like SFC Capital Partners
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In Macclesfield
In the Stockport (SK) postcode area
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- 64 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 5 years of accounts, charted
- All 17 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
- 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