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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
33 Cork Street, 4th Floor, London, W1S 3NQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When tcw.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3817 3573 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1S 3NQ
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)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- 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.
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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
- 08802205 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 December 2013 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 33 Cork Street, 4th Floor, London, W1S 3NQ, United Kingdom
- 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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| Joseph Carieri | Director | Nov 1960 | 3 Dec 2019 | None |
| Alexander Brian Lennon-Smith | Director | Jul 1983 | 19 Oct 2023 | None |
| James Philip Rivington Allen | Director | Jul 1983 | 29 Sep 2025 | 1 other company |
| Andrew Bowden | Secretary | Not published | 31 Dec 2023 | – |
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 company
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 1 company, 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 13 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
TCW Europe’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2014
25 November 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control money if settlement through a mandate.)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2013
4 December 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 30 events
- All 30 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 23
Firms connected to TCW Europe
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with TCW Europe. 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
Firms like TCW Europe
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In London
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- 1 other company its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 30 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