Ll Pay UK Limited

Reference number: 787025

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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 lianlianglobal.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 3433 1749 is
  • Who else gives the postcode EC1Y 4TY
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Other names (3)

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

  • LianLian Trading name
  • LianLian Global Trading name
  • LL PAY Former 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.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
  • 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
10276524
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
13 July 2016 (10 years old)
Registered office
Browne Jacobson Llp (Cs) 15th Floor, 6 Bevis Marks, London, EC3A 7BA, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Financial management (SIC 70221)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Zhu Xiaosong Director Aug 1971 15 Aug 2016 None
Huang Qing Director May 1965 4 May 2023 None

In the full report: every company its directors have run

  • Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
  • All 7 people who have been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsAudited

Turnover

£3.15m

−33% from £4.73m

Profit before tax

£157k

+965% from £14.8k

Net assets

£638k

+23% from £520k

Cash at bank

£2.15m

−55% from £4.77m

* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.

Turnover and profit

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2019 to 2025
  • Both charts, 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 10276524. 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

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

Key events (8) All events (25)

2018

1 June 2018

  • Supervised by HMRC under the money laundering rules from this date

FCA register

30 April 2018

  • Zhang Zhengyu gave up control
  • Became an authorised payment institution

Companies House · FCA register

2017

14 August 2017

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

FCA register

16 July 2017

  • Zhang Zhengyu took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2016

15 August 2016

  • Qing Huang gave up control

Companies House

13 July 2016

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Qing Huang took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 25 events

  • All 25 events in its history (8 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 12
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Firms connected to Ll Pay UK

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ll Pay UK. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
2
share its postcode
2

In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
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Firms like Ll Pay UK

Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.

In London

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  • Every company its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 5 years of accounts, charted
  • All 25 events in its history
  • 2 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Ll Pay UK Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Ll Pay UK Limited (FRN 787025) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since April 2018 and works as a payment or money transfer firm. The FCA has placed no limits on its permissions.
What is Ll Pay UK’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 3433 1749 and the website lianlianglobal.com/en for Ll Pay UK. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Ll Pay UK a scam or clone?
Ll Pay 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 Ll Pay 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 Ll Pay UK to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Ll Pay UK?
Companies House lists no one with significant control of Ll Pay UK now. Before that, it was controlled by Mr Zhang Zhengyu and Qing Huang.
Who runs Ll Pay UK?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Ll Pay UK: Zhu Xiaosong and Huang Qing.
How long has Ll Pay UK been in business?
The company was formed on 13 July 2016, and has held its current FCA authorisation since April 2018.
What do Ll Pay UK’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show turnover of £3.15m (−33% from £4.73m) and profit before tax of £157k (+965% from £14.8k).
Does Ll Pay UK use any other names?
It trades as LianLian and LianLian Global. It has previously used the name LL PAY.

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