Nium Solutions Limited

Reference number: 721549

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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 nium.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 3488 6721 is
  • Who else gives the postcode EC3V 0EH
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Other names (6)

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

  • Ixaris Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Nium Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Nium Airline Payments Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Nium Card Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Nium Payments Solutions Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Ixaris Solutions Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.

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 (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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
6 May 2014 (12 years old)
Registered office
Ground Floor, 52-54 Gracechurch Street, London, EC3V 0EH, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Mark Anthony Spiteri Director Dec 1982 2 Aug 2018 5 other companies
Spencer James Douglas Hanlon Director Aug 1972 31 Aug 2021 6 other companies

Other companies run by these 2 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
closed down
3
is FCA-registered
1

In the full report: all 6 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • Any that went into liquidation or administration
  • The one on the FCA register
  • The 5 companies these 2 directors run together
  • All 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2024Full accountsAudited

Profit before tax

£828k

−47% from £1.55m

Net assets

£26.6m

+2.4% from £26.0m

Cash at bank

£49.9m

−11% from £56.0m

Owed within a year

£50.5m

−26% from £68.7m

The accounts for the year to 31 December 2024 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £84.1m, for the year to 31 December 2022.

* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.

Profit before tax

In the full report: all 4 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2021 to 2024
  • 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 09024600. 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

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

2026

11 February 2026

  • Changed its registered name from "Ixaris Solutions Limited"

FCA register

2022

27 January 2022

  • Ixaris Limited gave up control
  • Nium UK Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2018

3 April 2018

  • Became an authorised payment institution

FCA register

2017

28 September 2017

  • Ixaris Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Ixaris Systems Limited gave up control

Companies House

2016

6 May 2016

  • Ixaris Systems Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • Regulated by the FCA from this date

Companies House · FCA register

2015

11 August 2015

  • Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over

Companies House

2014

6 May 2014

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 45 events

  • All 45 events in its history (10 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 30
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Firms connected to Nium Solutions

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

connected firm
1
share a director
1
share its postcode
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
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Firms like Nium Solutions

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

In London

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Get the full report on Nium Solutions

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  • 6 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 4 years of accounts, charted
  • All 45 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Nium Solutions Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Nium Solutions Limited (FRN 721549) 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 Nium Solutions’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 3488 6721 and the website nium.com for Nium Solutions. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Nium Solutions a scam or clone?
Nium Solutions 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 Nium Solutions?
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 Nium Solutions to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Nium Solutions?
Nium Solutions is owned by Nium UK Holdings Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 27 January 2022. Before that, it was controlled by Ixaris Systems Limited and Ixaris Limited.
Who runs Nium Solutions?
Companies House lists 2 directors of Nium Solutions: Mark Anthony Spiteri and Spencer James Douglas Hanlon.
How long has Nium Solutions been in business?
The company was formed on 6 May 2014, and has held its current FCA authorisation since April 2018.
What do Nium Solutions’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2024, show profit before tax of £828k (−47% from £1.55m) and net assets of £26.6m (+2.4% from £26.0m).
Does Nium Solutions use any other names?
It trades as Ixaris, Nium, Nium Airline Payments, Nium Card and Nium Payments Solutions. It has previously used the name Ixaris Solutions Limited.

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