Moorwand Ltd

Reference number: 900709

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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, 1 thing worth a closer look

  • When moorwand.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 7293 7101 is
  • Whether EC3N 3DS is a shared office: 21 other firms give it
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Other names (3)

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

  • Connect PU call, Former name
  • Paxept Former trading name
  • UPayCard 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 (8 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
  • g) Execution of payment transactions via telecoms, IT system or network operator
  • 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
08491211
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
16 April 2013 (13 years old)
Registered office
Fora, 3 Lloyd's Avenue, London, EC3N 3DS, England
Nature of business
  • Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
  • Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Luc Gueriane Director Feb 1981 26 Mar 2020 None
Brian Joseph Lawlor Director Oct 1977 16 Oct 2020 3 other companies
Stephen Mckellar Director Apr 1983 1 Apr 2022 None
Kevin Joe Friedrich Director Oct 1980 30 Aug 2022 None
Vicki Louise Gladstone Director Dec 1969 1 Dec 2022 2 other companies
John Vlassiou Director Apr 1980 11 Sep 2025 None

Other companies run by these 6 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

In the full report: all 5 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 October 2025Group accountsAudited

Turnover

£5.82m

+12% from £5.19m

Profit before tax

£243k

−39% from £396k

Net assets

£1.63m

+2.7% from £1.59m

Cash at bank

£744k

−31% from £1.08m

* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.

Turnover and profit

In the full report: all 6 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 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.

Figures from the year to 31 October 2022 are for the group: the company and the businesses it owns. Earlier years are the company’s own accounts, from before it had a group.

The figures for the year to 31 October 2025 were read from the printed accounts, because the filing does not tag them in a form that can be read automatically. They were checked against the accounts’ own totals.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08491211. 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

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

Key events (13) All events (41)

2024

23 January 2024

  • Changed its registered name from "Connect PU call,"
  • Changed its registered name from "Moorwand Ltd."
  • Changed its registered name from "Moorwand Ltd"

FCA register

2020

6 March 2020

  • Robert Edmund Courtneidge no longer has significant control

Companies House

2019

3 May 2019

  • Wael Sulaiman Almaree took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2 May 2019

  • Robert Edmund Courtneidge gained significant control
  • Robert Edmund Courtneidge no longer has significant control

Companies House

2018

26 November 2018

  • Alain Pierre, Jacques Bazille gave up control
  • Robert Edmund Courtneidge gained significant control

Companies House

13 April 2018

  • Became an authorised e-money institution

FCA register

2017

20 March 2017

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

FCA register

2016

1 May 2016

  • Alain Pierre, Jacques Bazille took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2013

16 April 2013

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 41 events

  • All 41 events in its history (13 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 24
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  • 5 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
  • 6 years of accounts, charted
  • All 41 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Moorwand Ltd FCA authorised?
Yes, Moorwand Ltd (FRN 900709) 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 Moorwand’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 7293 7101 and the website moorwand.com for Moorwand. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Moorwand a scam or clone?
Moorwand 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 Moorwand?
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 Moorwand to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Moorwand?
Companies House lists one person with significant control of Moorwand: Mr Wael Sulaiman Almaree (75–100% of shares). Before that, it was controlled by Mr Robert Edmund Courtneidge and Mr Alain Pierre, Jacques Bazille.
Who runs Moorwand?
Companies House lists 6 directors of Moorwand: Luc Gueriane, Brian Joseph Lawlor, Stephen McKellar, Kevin Joe Friedrich, Vicki Louise Gladstone and John Vlassiou.
How long has Moorwand been in business?
The company was formed on 16 April 2013, and has held its current FCA authorisation since April 2018.
What do Moorwand’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 October 2025, show turnover of £5.82m (+12% from £5.19m) and profit before tax of £243k (−39% from £396k).
Does Moorwand use any other names?
It has previously used 3 other names: Connect PU call,, Paxept and UPayCard.

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