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
4th floor, 4-6 York Street, London, Westminster, W1U 6QD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When wypartners.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07855 369825 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1U 6QD
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.
- 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
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
Limits on what they may do
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Corporate finance business only.
The firm must not conduct designated investment business other than corporate finance 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
- 09256701 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 October 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 4-6 York Street, London, W1U 6QD, England
- Nature of business
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- Management consultancy activities other than financial management (SIC 70229)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Ritchie | Director | Mar 1981 | 9 Oct 2014 | None |
| Katherine Esther Ritchie | Secretary | Not published | 13 Oct 2020 | – |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- Both people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Total equity
£1.19m
+17% from £1.02m
Cash at bank
£1.49m
+67% from £890k
Employees (average)
9
+29% from 7
Owed within a year
£422k
+167% from £158k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 09256701. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
WY Partners’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
1 October 2021
- FCA imposed a requirement (Corporate finance business only.)
FCA register
2020
13 October 2020
- Katherine Esther Ritchie became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2018
14 September 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
31 December 2016
- Yannick Laniel stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
9 October 2016
- Yannick Laniel became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
8 October 2016
- William Ritchie became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
Companies House
2014
9 October 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 3
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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