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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
2nd Floor 3 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4AG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7444 0050 is
- Who else gives the postcode N1C 4AG
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- IP Capital Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Top Technology 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
- Establishing, operating or winding up a collective investment scheme
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in 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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Venture Capital Business Only
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than Venture Capital business.
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
- 01977742 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 January 1986 (40 years old)
- Registered office
- 2nd Floor 3 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London, N1C 4AG, England
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| David Graham Baynes | Director | Jan 1964 | 11 Aug 2015 | 70 other companies |
| Christopher Edward Glasson | Director | Nov 1978 | 14 May 2026 | 22 other companies |
| IP2IPO SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 3 Feb 2017 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 77
- closed down
- 38
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 77 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The 15 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Top Technology Ventures’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
6 April 2016
- Ip Group PLC took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
6 January 2015
- FCA imposed a requirement (May control but not hold client money)
FCA register
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2002
23 October 2002
- FCA imposed a requirement (Venture Capital Business Only)
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
18 January 2001
- Changed its registered name from "Top Technology Ltd"
FCA register
1986
15 January 1986
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
1901
1 January 1901
- Regulated by the Investment Management Regulatory Organisation from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 40 events
- All 40 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 26
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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
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