Payment Assist Ltd
Reference number: 622544
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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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Phone number
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Address
Payment Assist Ltd, Pera Business Park, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0PB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When payment-assist.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01664 503151 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode LE13 0PB
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- 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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- Credit Broking
- Entering into regulated credit agreement as Lender (Excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
- Exercising/having right to exercise lender's rights and duties under a regulated credit agreement (excluding high-cost short-term credit, bill of sale agreement, and home collected credit agreement)
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
- 08752986 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 29 October 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- Pera Business Park, Nottingham Road, Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 0PB, England
- Nature of business
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- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Brian Andrew Smeed | Director | Jun 1984 | 30 Mar 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Marcus Gregory | Director | Dec 1970 | 8 Apr 2024 | 5 other companies |
| Alan Clarke | Director | Jul 1950 | 1 Dec 2025 | 1 other company |
| Lesley Anne Crossley | Secretary | Not published | 19 Dec 2024 | – |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 1
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 7 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 one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 3 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£570k
−64% from £1.60m
Cash at bank
£428k
+558% from £65.0k
Employees (average)
31
+48% from 21
Owed within a year
£20.4m
+7.8% from £19.0m
Assets and liabilities
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.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 08752986. 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
Payment Assist’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
1 June 2022
- Colin James Ellard stopped being a part-owner
- Manx Ventures Limited became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Manx Ventures Limited stopped being the majority owner
- Neil Barry Jeffery stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Colin James Ellard became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Neil Barry Jeffery became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2014
2 October 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2013
29 October 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to Payment Assist
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Payment Assist. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
- past link
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same phone number (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Payment Assist
Other firms of the same type (lender), nearest first.
In Melton Mowbray
In the Leicester (LE) postcode area
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 20 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk