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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
5th Floor, Churchill House, 142-146 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BW, England
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3667 7233 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC1V 9BW
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 (5 permissions)
- 1. Services enabling cash to be placed on a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
- 2. Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
- 3. Executing payment transactions (no credit line)
- 5. Issuing and/or acquiring of payment instruments.
- 6. Money remittance.
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
- 08580802 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 24 June 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 5th Floor, Churchill House, 142-146 Old Street, London, EC1V 9BW, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arturs Gocs | Director | Oct 1989 | 11 Sep 2023 | None |
| Willem Pieter Wellinghoff | Director | May 1980 | 11 Sep 2023 | 7 other companies |
| Paul Anthony Marcantonio | Director | Apr 1971 | 8 Nov 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Miranda Marie Mclean | Director | Apr 1972 | 30 Sep 2025 | None |
| Olga Goce | Secretary | Not published | 1 Dec 2025 | – |
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
- 9
- closed down
- 6
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 9 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£15.6m
−42% from £27.2m
Profit before tax
£345k
Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time
Net assets
£16.4m
+1.1% from £16.2m
Employees (average)
194
−11% from 217
Turnover
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 08580802. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Ecommpay’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
30 April 2018
- Became an authorised payment institution
FCA register
23 February 2018
- Aleksejs Sjarki took control (75–100% of shares)
- Alexander Spiridonov gave up control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Alexander Spiridonov took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
10 January 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2013
24 June 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 18 events
- All 18 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 12
Firms connected to Ecommpay
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ecommpay. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Ecommpay
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 18 events in its history
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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