Acts as an e-money agent
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts as an e-money agent under another firm's authorisation.
- Agent for 5 years
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2001
- Accounts filed up to 3 January 2026
- Your funds are not FSCS protected
Responsible principal firm
GVS Prepaid Limited Reference number: 900230 View firm →Website, phone number and address
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Westside, London Road, Hemel Hempstead, HP3 9TD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 7608 6299 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode HP3 9TD
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection works through the principalThis firm acts as an agent of an authorised payment or e-money firm rather than holding its own authorisation. FSCS does not protect money held by an agent. Funds should be safeguarded by the principal, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may still be able to look at a complaint.
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
- 04155659 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 7 February 2001 (25 years old)
- Registered office
- Westside, London Road, Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, HP3 9TD, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patrick Philip Gurney | Director | Jun 1970 | 6 Oct 2016 | 56 other companies |
| Matthew David Howe | Director | Aug 1971 | 6 Oct 2016 | 25 other companies |
| Adrian Stuart Warren | Director | May 1980 | 1 Mar 2023 | None |
| Anna Catherine Uprichard | Director | Oct 1984 | 1 Jan 2026 | None |
| Michelle Josephine Wainhouse | Secretary | Not published | 6 Oct 2016 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 59
- closed down
- 50
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 59 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 22 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 30 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£184.4m
+13% from £163.8m
Profit before tax
£20.9m
+20% from £17.5m
Total equity
£57.9m
+38% from £41.9m
Employees (average)
421
<1% from 425
Turnover and profit
In the full report: all 4 years of accounts
- Every year from 2022 to 2026
- Both charts, 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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04155659. 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
Blackhawk Network EMEA’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
27 January 2021
- Status on the FCA register became "EMD Agent"
FCA register
2016
6 October 2016
- Board replaced: all 5 directors left and 5 new directors took over
Companies House
6 April 2016
- Hawk Incentives Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2001
7 February 2001
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 64 events
- All 64 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 60
Firms connected to Blackhawk Network EMEA
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Blackhawk Network EMEA. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 2
- share its phone number
- 2
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Blackhawk Network EMEA
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In the Hemel Hempstead (HP) postcode area
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- 59 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 4 years of accounts, charted
- All 64 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, 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
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk