Techstart Ventures LLP
Reference number: 788166
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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
Techstart Ventures Llp, 61-67 Donegall Street, Belfast, Northern Ireland, BT1 2QH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When techstart.vc first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07748 384909 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT1 2QH
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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.
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- Managing an unauthorised AIF
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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Venture Capital Business Only
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than Venture Capital business.
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
- NC001436 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Limited liability partnership
- Incorporated
- 12 May 2017 (9 years old)
- Registered office
- Techstart Ventures, 1st Floor Sessia House, 61-67 Donegall Street, Belfast, BT1 2QH, Northern Ireland
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| James Robert John Andrews | LLP designated member | Jan 1971 | 12 May 2017 | 23 other companies |
| Henry Richard Ernest Wilson | LLP designated member | Oct 1966 | 12 May 2017 | 28 other companies |
| Mark Stephen Hogarth | LLP designated member | Apr 1974 | 1 Jan 2019 | 16 other companies |
| PENTECH VENTURES LLP | Corporate LLP member | Not published | 30 Jun 2017 | None |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 49
- closed down
- 15
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 49 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 12 companies these 4 directors run together
Key dates in its history
Techstart Ventures’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
1 January 2019
- Mark Stephen Hogarth became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2018
20 March 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold))
- FCA imposed a requirement (Venture Capital Business Only)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2017
12 May 2017
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Henry Richard Ernest Wilson became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- James Robert John Andrews became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
Firms connected to Techstart Ventures
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Techstart Ventures. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Techstart Ventures
Other firms of the same type (investment or fund manager), nearest first.
In Belfast
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- 49 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 13 events in its history
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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