Union Bancaire Privée (UK) Limited
Reference number: 119250
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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
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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Marylebone Place, 1 Wyndham Street, London, Westminster, W1H 1EF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When ubp.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7597 3000 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode W1H 1EF
Other names (8)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Hambros Bank Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- SG Hambros Bank Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- SG Hambros Bank & Trust Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- SG Kleinwort Hambros Bank Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Hambros Northern Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Kleinwort Hambros Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- SGPB Hambros Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Societe Generale Private Banking Hambros Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (3)
- 020 7193 8231
- 020 7193 8473
- 07590 000845
Fake email addresses (3)
- info@kleinworthambross.co.uk
- info@sghambros.co.uk
- info@sgkleinworthambros.co.uk
The FCA warning these came from
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Hold or safeguard your money FSCS may applyEligible deposits are typically protected by the FSCS up to £120,000 per person, per banking group.
- 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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- Accepting Deposits
- Acting as a CBTL administrator
- Acting as a CBTL advisor
- Acting as a CBTL arranger
- Acting as a CBTL lender
- Administering a regulated mortgage contract
- Advising on a regulated credit agreement the purpose of which is to acquire land
- 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
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Causing dematerialised instructions to be sent
- Credit Broking
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Entering into a regulated mortgage contract as lender
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Making arrangements with a view to regulated mortgage contracts
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
- Sending dematerialised instructions
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 00964058 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 October 1969 (57 years old)
- Registered office
- Marylebone Place, 1 Wyndham Street, London, W1H 1EF, England
- Nature of business
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- Administration of financial markets (SIC 66110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Konstantin Nikolaus Graf Von Schweinitz | Director | Mar 1961 | 29 Jul 2016 | 2 other companies |
| Michael Peter Newman | Director | Sep 1961 | 6 Nov 2017 | None |
| Mouhammed Choukeir | Director | Feb 1977 | 1 Jul 2018 | 1 other company |
| Tara Marie Palmer | Director | Jun 1976 | 3 Oct 2021 | 9 other companies |
| Joanna Rosalie Hall | Director | Apr 1965 | 15 Dec 2022 | None |
| Anne Catherine Rotman-De-Picciotto | Director | Apr 1974 | 1 Apr 2025 | None |
| Guy Elie De Picciotto | Director | Apr 1960 | 1 Apr 2025 | None |
| Patricia Bielmann | Director | Oct 1970 | 6 Jun 2025 | None |
| Ian Mark Cramb | Director | Dec 1968 | 18 Jun 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 9 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
- 12
- closed down
- 7
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 12 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- All 218 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Union Bancaire Privée (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
30 May 2025
- Sg Kleinwort Hambros Limited gave up control
- Union Bancaire Privee, Ubp SA gave up control
Companies House
7 April 2025
- Changed its registered name from "SG Kleinwort Hambros Bank Limited"
FCA register
31 March 2025
- Union Bancaire Privee, Ubp SA took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2019
15 May 2019
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2017
14 July 2017
- Changed its registered name from "SG Hambros Bank Limited"
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Sg Kleinwort Hambros Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority from this date
FCA register
2007
18 January 2007
- Changed its registered name from "SG Hambros Bank & Trust Limited"
FCA register
2001
1 December 2001
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1998
27 November 1998
- Changed its registered name from "Hambros Bank Ltd"
FCA register
1988
29 April 1988
- Regulated by the Securities and Futures Authority from this date
FCA register
1969
16 October 1969
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 419 events
- All 419 events in its history (15 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 393
Firms connected to Union Bancaire Privée (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Union Bancaire Privée (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- past links
- 3
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 3 past links through former directors
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- 12 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 419 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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
- FCA warning: Kleinwort Hambros / SG Kleinwort Hambros Bank Limited 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