Optal Financial Limited
Reference number: 900112
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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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
1 London Bridge, London, SE1 9BG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When wexinc.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 3553 5835 is
- Who else gives the postcode SE1 9BG
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Accomplish Financial Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguardedYour 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, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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- 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
- 08364883 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 17 January 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 27-28 Eastcastle Street, London, W1W 8DH
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Ann Elena Drew | Director | Mar 1971 | 22 Jun 2021 | 1 other company |
| Darragh Deady | Director | Sep 1980 | 11 Oct 2022 | None |
| Jason Anthony Hancock | Director | Jan 1975 | 8 Jan 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Sara Terese Wickware Trickett | Director | Oct 1978 | 8 Jan 2025 | None |
| CARGIL MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 2 Apr 2014 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 20 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Optal Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
7 March 2018
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2016
6 April 2016
- Optal Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2014
24 July 2014
- Changed its registered name from "Accomplish Financial Limited"
FCA register
7 January 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2013
17 January 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 39 events
- All 39 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 34
Firms connected to Optal Financial
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Optal Financial. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- share its postcode
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Optal Financial
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 39 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- How safeguarding works fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk