OCTOPUS MONEY UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED
Reference number: 171748
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
Check their details
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6th Floor, 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT, United Kingdom
- Octopus Money Direct
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 03000482
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 12 December 1994 (31 years old)
- Registered office
- 6th Floor 33 Holborn, London, EC1N 2HT, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of unit trusts (SIC 64302)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Andrew Hynes | Director | Nov 1968 | 11 Mar 2024 |
| Paula Marion Moore | Director | Jun 1963 | 16 Apr 2024 |
| Richard John Milne | Director | Jan 1979 | 1 Jul 2025 |
| Daniel Marsh | Director | Jul 1991 | 30 Nov 2025 |
| Paul James Titterton | Director | Oct 1972 | 30 Nov 2025 |
| OCTOPUS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 30 Nov 2025 |
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- 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.
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- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Dealing in investments as principal
- Establishing/operating/winding up a personal pension scheme
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing a UK UCITS
- Managing investments
- Safeguarding and administration of assets (without arranging)
Limits on what they may do
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Limited to certain box management activities
Virgin Money Unit Trust Managers is restricted from (i) carrying out box management activity for the purposes of making a profit from such activity and (ii) having aggregate exposures to its managed funds of more than £500,000.
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds 4 earlier registered names for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- Virgin Direct Personal Financial Service Ltd
- Virgin Direct Unit Trust Managers Ltd
- VIRGIN MONEY UNIT TRUST MANAGERS LIMITED
- Virgin Money Unit Trust Managers Ltd
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired one trading name. If you were contacted under one of these, the name did belong to this firm, but check the current details above before going ahead.
Show the retired name
- Virgin Money
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