Authorised by the FCA
Turpin Barker Armstrong is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
1 Westmead Road, Sutton, Surrey, SM1 4LA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When turpinbarkerarmstrong.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 8661 7878 is
- Who else gives the postcode SM1 4LA
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- tba Wealth Management Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Optima Financial Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- 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.
- 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.
- Advise on or arrange mortgages FSCS may applyMortgage advice and arranging may be FSCS-covered, up to the limit that applies.
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- 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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- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Advising on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs
- Advising on regulated mortgage contracts
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging (bringing about) regulated mortgage contracts
- Credit Broking
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Debt-counselling
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
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Must not establish etc. UCIS with DERIVATIVES
The firm must not establish, operate or wind up an Unregulated Collective Investment Scheme in relation to DERIVATIVES
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Only rights to/interests in permitted investments
The firm may carry on a REGULATED ACTIVITY in relation to rights to or interests in investments only where those investments are themselves of a type permitted for that REGULATED ACTIVITY
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Not to act as Broker Fund Adviser
The firm must not operate as a BROKER FUND ADVISER
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May hold/control client money if rebated commission
The general requirement not to hold or control CLIENT MONEY does not apply if the CLIENT MONEY arises from an agreement under which commission is rebated to the client.
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Regulated activities incidental only.
The firm must not carry on the specified REGULATED ACTIVITIES otherwise than in an incidental manner in the course of the provision by it of professional services (that is, services which do not consist of REGULATED ACTIVITIES)
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.
Key dates in its history
Turpin Barker Armstrong’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2002
22 March 2002
- FCA imposed a requirement (May hold/control client money if rebated commission)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Must not establish etc. UCIS with DERIVATIVES)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not to act as Broker Fund Adviser)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Only rights to/interests in permitted investments)
- FCA imposed a requirement (Regulated activities incidental only.)
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1988
29 April 1988
- Supervised by The Association of Chartered Certified Accountants from this date
FCA register
In the full report: all 14 events
- All 14 events in its history (9 shown here)
Firms connected to Turpin Barker Armstrong
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Turpin Barker Armstrong. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- no longer authorised
- 1
- 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 Turpin Barker Armstrong
Other firms of the same type (financial adviser), nearest first.
In Sutton
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- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 14 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
- 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