Dlocal Opco UK Ltd

Reference number: 1007955

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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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In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look

  • When dlocal.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 3994 1000 is
  • Whether W6 0NB is a shared office: 21 other firms give it
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • dLocal UK Trading name

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguarded
    Your 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, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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  • 1. Services enabling cash to be placed on a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
  • 3. Executing payment transactions (no credit line)
  • 4. Executing payment transactions (credit line)
  • 5. Issuing and/or acquiring of payment instruments.
  • 6. Money remittance.

Limits on what they may do

  • Agents
    The firm will not onboard any agents.

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
14018931
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
1 April 2022 (4 years old)
Registered office
C/O Preiskel & Co Llp, 4 King's Bench Walk, London, EC4Y 7DL, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
  • Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 66190)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
John Patrick O'Brien Director Oct 1984 20 Jun 2022 None
Sergio Enrique Fogel Kaplan Director Dec 1963 20 Jun 2022 None
Agustin Botta Areal Director Jul 1986 20 Jun 2022 None
Guillermo Lopez Perez Director Sep 1975 21 May 2026 None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

  • Confirmation that these 4 directors run no other company
  • All 7 people who have been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

9 months to 31 December 2022Full accountsAudited

Profit before tax

−£90.9k

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Net assets

−£90.9k

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Employees (average)

4

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Owed within a year

£243k

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Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £90.9k more than it owned.

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 14018931. 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

Dlocal Opco UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (5) All events (16)

2024

17 December 2024

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • FCA imposed a requirement (Agents)
  • Became an authorised payment institution

FCA register

2022

1 April 2022

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Dlocal Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 16 events

  • All 16 events in its history (5 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 10
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  • 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • All 16 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Dlocal Opco UK Ltd FCA authorised?
Yes, Dlocal Opco UK Ltd (FRN 1007955) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since December 2024 and works as a payment or money transfer firm. The FCA has placed a limit on what it may do.
What is Dlocal Opco UK’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 3994 1000 and the website dlocal.com for Dlocal Opco UK. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Dlocal Opco UK a scam or clone?
Dlocal Opco UK is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Dlocal Opco UK?
It depends on the product, but payment and e-money balances should be safeguarded in a separate account, with no upper limit on the protected amount. You can also refer complaints about Dlocal Opco UK to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Dlocal Opco UK?
Dlocal Opco UK is owned by Dlocal Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 1 April 2022.
Who runs Dlocal Opco UK?
Companies House lists 4 directors of Dlocal Opco UK: John Patrick O'Brien, Sergio Enrique Fogel Kaplan, Agustin Botta Areal and Guillermo Lopez Perez.
How long has Dlocal Opco UK been in business?
The company was formed on 1 April 2022, and has held its current FCA authorisation since December 2024.
What do Dlocal Opco UK’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2022, show profit before tax of −£90.9k (no earlier figure to compare) and net assets of −£90.9k (no earlier figure to compare).
Does Dlocal Opco UK use any other names?
It trades as dLocal UK.

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