Dinosaur Merchant Bank Limited
Reference number: 436215
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
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Dinosaur Merchant Bank Limited, Vintners Place, 5th Floor East Wing, 68 Upper Thames Street, London, City Of London, EC4V 3BJ, United Kingdom
- DMBL
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 04977073
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 November 2003 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- 5th Floor East Wing Vintners Place, 68 Upper Thames Street, London, EC4V 3BJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glenn Grossman | Director | Apr 1949 | 26 Nov 2003 |
| Marinette Rosales Abanilla | Director | Oct 1960 | 1 Jun 2014 |
| Jonathan Michael Bloch | Director | Sep 1952 | 1 Nov 2018 |
| Robert Michael Frith | Director | Aug 1955 | 1 Oct 2021 |
| Hansrazsingh Faugoo | Director | Aug 1979 | 7 Feb 2025 |
| Ivy Choo | Secretary | Not published | 30 Jun 2009 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Hold or safeguard your money Funds safeguardedYour money must be kept in a separate safeguarded account. If the firm fails, all safeguarded funds should be returned to you. With no upper limit, unlike the capped amounts under FSCS. Safeguarding works differently from FSCS, but protects your full balance when the rules are followed correctly.
- 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.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Advising on P2P agreements
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
Limits on what they may do
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Restriction on Activities
The Firm must not, without the prior written consent of the Authority, onboard any new customers to its contracts for difference ('CFD') business, or permit any new customers to any other part of its business to trade CFDs.
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
Action taken against them
1 fine in 2026. This is part of the official register record and is worth reviewing before going ahead.
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Fined on 26 March 2026
Imposing a financial penalty for breach of Article 16 (2) of UK MAR, SYSC 6.1.1R of the Senior Management Arrangements and Principle 3 of the Principles for Businesses.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds one earlier registered name for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- Dinosaur Securities (UK) Ltd
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