eBay (UK) Limited
Reference number: 953961
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Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
Responsible principal firm
eBay Commerce UK Ltd Reference number: 968972 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- eBay (UK) Limited (FRN 953961) is an AR of eBay Commerce UK Ltd (FRN 968972). When you use eBay (UK)'s services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from eBay (UK), complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
Hotham House, 1 Heron Square, Richmond, TW9 1EJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When ebay.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 358 3229 is, and the 3 other firms that give it
- Who else gives the postcode TW9 1EJ
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through eBay Commerce UK Ltd, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 03726028 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 3 March 1999 (27 years old)
- Registered office
- 1 More London Place, London, SE1 2AF, 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 |
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| Sholto David Andrew Mee | Director | Feb 1980 | 24 May 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Eve Rebecca Eaton Williams | Director | Jul 1983 | 28 Nov 2024 | 3 other companies |
| Lucy Burch | Director | Feb 1983 | 24 Feb 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Yue Zhou | Director | Sep 1989 | 24 Feb 2026 | 1 other company |
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
- 5
- still active
- 5
- 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 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 2 companies these 4 directors run together
- All 26 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
EBay (UK)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
1 July 2021
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Ebay Inc. took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2010
10 February 2010
- Board replaced: its only director left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
1999
3 March 1999
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 52 events
- All 52 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 48
Firms connected to eBay (UK)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with eBay (UK). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like eBay (UK)
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
In Richmond
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 52 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk