Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
This company holds 2 other FCA records
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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
Hotham House, 1 Heron Square, Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, TW9 1EJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0800 358 3229 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode TW9 1EJ
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.
Show FCA detail (7 permissions)
- 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
- h) Issuing Electronic Money
Limits on what they may do
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They will not onboard any agents or use any distributors
eBay Commerce UK Ltd will not onboard any agents or use any distributors
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They will not provide account information services or payment initiation services
eBay Commerce UK Ltd will not provide account information services or payment initiation services
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
- 12037643 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 6 June 2019 (7 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subrata Roy | Director | Aug 1971 | 29 Oct 2020 | 1 other company |
| Sholto David Andrew Mee | Director | Feb 1980 | 15 Dec 2022 | 2 other companies |
| Eve Rebecca Eaton Williams | Director | Jul 1983 | 25 Sep 2025 | 3 other companies |
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
- 5
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 5 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
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
EBay Commerce UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
21 November 2025
- FCA imposed a requirement (They will not onboard any agents or use any distributors)
- FCA imposed a requirement (They will not provide account information services or payment initiation services)
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
13 February 2025
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2019
6 June 2019
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Ebay Inc. took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to eBay Commerce UK
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with eBay Commerce UK. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 15 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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