Specialised Research (UK) Limited
Reference number: 656938
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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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No website on the FCA register
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Verified phone number
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Verified address
Censeo House, 6 St Peters St, St Albans, AL1 3LF, United Kingdom
Also trades as 4 other names
- Halcyon PM
- HALCYON PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT
- Spring (UK)
- Susten
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 08129397
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 4 July 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Censeo House, 6 St. Peters Street, St. Albans, AL1 3LF, England
- Nature of business
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- Fund management activities (SIC 66300)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| David Alexander Herne | Director | Jul 1971 | 27 Nov 2019 |
| Mark Alexander Lennon | Director | Jan 1954 | 29 Feb 2024 |
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.
- 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.
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- Advising on investments (except on Pension Transfers and Pension Opt Outs)
- Arranging (bringing about) deals in investments
- Arranging safeguarding and administration of assets
- Dealing in investments as agent
- Making arrangements with a view to transactions in investments
- Managing an unauthorised AIF
- Managing investments
Limits on what they may do
- This firm may handle your money in passing but must not hold it, so payments should go to the product provider, never to a personal account.
One supervisory condition set by the FCA
These are conditions the FCA places on the firm itself, covering things like capital it must hold and what it must report. They do not change what the firm may do for you.
- Small Authorised UK AIFM (Sub-Threshold)
The total value of assets under management by the firm must not exceed the relevant threshold as set out in Article 3(2) of AIFMD (as determined under Chapter II, section I of the AIFMD level 2 regulation). In the event that the relevant threshold is breached, the firm must submit an application for authorisation as a Full-scope UK AIFM to the FCA
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 2 earlier registered names for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- Halcyon Research Limited
- Specialised Research (UK) Ltd
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired 2 trading names. 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 names
- Spring Capital
- Spring-g UK
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