Circle UK Trading Limited
Reference number: 900480
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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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Circle UK, WEwork, 184 Shepherds Bush Road, London, W6 7NL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When circle.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07468 701707 is
- Who else gives the postcode W6 7NL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Circle Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Handle payments & transfers 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.
- 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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- a) Services enabling cash placement on a payment account
- b) Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account
- c) Execution of payment transactions (not covered by a credit line)
- d) Execution of payment transactions (covered by a credit line)
- e) Issuing payment instruments or acquiring payment transactions
- f) Money remittance
- g) Execution of payment transactions via telecoms, IT system or network operator
- h) Issuing Electronic Money
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
- 09543077 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 15 April 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- 40 Leadenhall Street, Huckletree Level 2,, Leadenhall Street, London, EC3A 2BJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Nima Elmi | Director | Sep 1983 | 22 Jun 2026 | None |
| Sanja Kon | Director | Dec 1985 | 22 Jun 2026 | None |
| Katharine Anna Jane Griffin | Director | Jul 1976 | 5 Oct 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Sarah Wilson | Secretary | Not published | 2 Apr 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 3 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
- 2
- still active
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 11 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£133k
−83% from £763k
Profit before tax
−£2.98m
Up £705k from −£3.68m
Net assets
−£23.6k
−101% from £2.17m
Cash at bank
£917k
−35% from £1.42m
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £23.6k more than it owned.
* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.
Turnover and profit
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 09543077. 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
Circle UK Trading’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
22 June 2026
- Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2018
13 March 2018
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Circle Internet Financial Trading Company Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
1 March 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register · Companies House
2015
15 April 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 25 events
- All 25 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 19
Firms connected to Circle UK Trading
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Circle UK Trading. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Circle UK Trading
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 25 events in its history
- 4 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
- How safeguarding works fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk