Monetley LTD

Reference number: 900921

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Website, phone number and address

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In the full report: 2 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look

  • When mercuryo.io first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • Whether EC2R 5BJ is a shared office: 22 other firms give it
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Other names (1)

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

  • Mercuryo Trading name: A name it trades under now.

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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
23 September 2017 (9 years old)
Registered office
77 Coleman Street, London, EC2R 5BJ, England
Nature of business
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Megan Linsey Armstrong Director Dec 1992 27 Sep 2024 2 other companies
Matthew Tudor Stride Director Feb 1972 18 Jun 2025 3 other companies
Matthew Sharpe Director Jun 1979 21 Aug 2026 2 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
6
still active
6
are FCA-registered
2

In the full report: all 6 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 2 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
  • 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

15 months to 31 December 2024Full accountsAudited

Turnover

£4.53m

Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time

Profit before tax

£44.1k

Not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time

Net assets

£3.10m

+532% from £490k

Cash at bank

£3.28m

−86% from £22.9m

The previous accounts cover 12 months, so turnover and profit are not compared with them.

* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 4 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2019 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 10978538. 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

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

2023

20 February 2023

  • Dimitrijs Lapkovskis gave up control
  • Mrcr Holdings Ltd gave up control
  • Mrcr Holdings Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Petr Kozyakov took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2020

9 September 2020

  • Aleksandrs Malins stopped being a part-owner
  • Dimitrijs Lapkovskis took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Igors Astapciks stopped being a part-owner

Companies House

2019

28 October 2019

  • Became an authorised e-money institution

FCA register

25 October 2019

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

FCA register

2017

23 September 2017

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Aleksandrs Malins became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
  • Igors Astapciks became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 32 events

  • All 32 events in its history (12 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 19
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Firms connected to Monetley

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

connected firm
1
no longer authorised
1
share a director
1

In the full report: the connected firm, named

  • How it is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
  • Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
  • 1 past link through former directors
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Firms like Monetley

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

In London

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  • 6 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 2 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • 4 years of accounts, charted
  • All 32 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Monetley LTD FCA authorised?
Yes, Monetley LTD (FRN 900921) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since October 2019 and works as a payment or money transfer firm. The FCA has placed no limits on its permissions.
What is Monetley’s website?
The FCA register lists the website mercuryo.io for Monetley. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Monetley a scam or clone?
Monetley 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 Monetley?
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 Monetley to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Monetley?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Monetley: Petr Kozyakov (75–100% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Mr Aleksandrs Malins, Mr Igors Astapciks and Mrcr Holdings Ltd.
Who runs Monetley?
Companies House lists 3 directors of Monetley: Megan Linsey Armstrong, Matthew Tudor Stride and Matthew Sharpe.
How long has Monetley been in business?
The company was formed on 23 September 2017, and has held its current FCA authorisation since October 2019.
What do Monetley’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2024, show turnover of £4.53m (not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time) and profit before tax of £44.1k (not compared: the previous accounts cover a different length of time).
Does Monetley use any other names?
It trades as Mercuryo.

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