Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
Responsible principal firm
PAYMENTSHIELD LIMITED Reference number: 312708 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Paymentshield Services Limited (FRN 745326) is an AR of PAYMENTSHIELD LIMITED (FRN 312708). When you use Paymentshield Services's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Paymentshield Services, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Paymentshield House, Southport Business Park, Wight Moss Way, Southport, Merseyside, PR8 4HQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01704 518511 is
- Who else gives the postcode PR8 4HQ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Simple Home and Protect Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Paymentshield Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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
- 10112351 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 April 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- Southport Business Park, Wight Moss Way, Southport, PR8 4HQ, United Kingdom
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emma Jane Rawlinson | Director | Sep 1980 | 13 Apr 2023 | 36 other companies |
| Tushar Surendra Patel | Director | Oct 1972 | 1 Aug 2025 | 30 other companies |
| Christopher James Payne | Secretary | Not published | 26 Jun 2024 | – |
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
- 36
- closed down
- 5
- are FCA-registered
- 14
In the full report: all 36 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 14 on the FCA register
- The 30 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 9 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Paymentshield Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
13 November 2019
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
8 February 2019
- Lunar 101 Limited gave up control
- Paymentshield Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
27 April 2016
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
8 April 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Lunar 101 Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 16
Firms connected to Paymentshield Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Paymentshield Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 12
- share a director
- 12
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 12 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (12), the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Paymentshield Services
Other firms of the same type (credit broker), nearest first.
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- 36 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 23 events in its history
- 12 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk