Foren UK Limited

Reference number: 901074

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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

  • When leatherback.co first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 07983 025283 is
  • Who else gives the postcode E14 9SH
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Other names (3)

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

  • LEATHERBACK Trading name
  • Leatherback Ltd Former name
  • REXELPAY LTD Former 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.
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

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
12291057
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
31 October 2019 (7 years old)
Registered office
77 Marsh Wall, London, E14 9SH, England
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Adeyemi Johnson Director Jul 1969 20 May 2020 1 other company
Adedayo Saheed Amzat Director May 1986 25 Oct 2024 None
Ochebhoya Ekpete Director Jul 1983 27 May 2025 4 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
4
closed down
1
run together
1

In the full report: all 4 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 1 company these 3 directors run together
  • All 11 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2024Full accountsNot audited

Net assets

£2.01m

+77% from £1.14m

Cash at bank

£331k

−58% from £790k

* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 to 2024
  • The chart, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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 12291057. 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

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

Key events (10) All events (30)

2026

9 September 2026

  • Changed its registered name from "Leatherback Ltd"

FCA register

2025

20 October 2025

  • Oluseyi Akinbi stopped being a part-owner
  • Toyeeb Ibrahim stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

10 October 2025

  • Leatherback UK Holding Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2021

18 June 2021

  • Changed its registered name from "REXELPAY LTD"

FCA register

2020

9 November 2020

  • Became an authorised e-money institution

FCA register

6 January 2020

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

FCA register

2019

31 October 2019

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Oluseyi Akinbi became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Toyeeb Ibrahim became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 30 events

  • All 30 events in its history (10 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 19
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  • 4 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 5 years of accounts, charted
  • All 30 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Foren UK Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Foren UK Limited (FRN 901074) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since November 2020 and works as a payment or money transfer firm. The FCA has placed no limits on its permissions.
What is Foren UK’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 07983 025283 and the website leatherback.co for Foren UK. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Foren UK a scam or clone?
Foren 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 Foren 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 Foren UK to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Foren UK?
Foren UK is owned by Leatherback UK Holding Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares and 75–100% of votes, since 10 October 2025. Before that, it was controlled by Oluseyi Akinbi and Mr Toyeeb Ibrahim.
Who runs Foren UK?
Companies House lists 3 directors of Foren UK: Adeyemi Johnson, Adedayo Saheed Amzat and Ochebhoya Ekpete.
How long has Foren UK been in business?
The company was formed on 31 October 2019, and has held its current FCA authorisation since November 2020.
What do Foren UK’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2024, show net assets of £2.01m (+77% from £1.14m) and cash at bank of £331k (−58% from £790k).
Does Foren UK use any other names?
It trades as LEATHERBACK. It has previously used 2 other names: Leatherback Ltd and REXELPAY LTD.

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