PayPal UK Ltd
Reference number: 996405
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
This company holds 2 other FCA records
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
PayPal UK Ltd, 76 Upper Ground, London, City Of London, SE1 9PZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When paypal.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 358 7911 is
- Who else gives the postcode SE1 9PZ
Other names (5)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Braintree a PayPal service Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Hyperwallet a PayPal Service Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- PayPal Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Xoom a PayPal Service Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Zettle by PayPal Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
Show FCA detail (4 permissions)
- Debt Administration
- Debt-collecting
- 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)
Limits on what they may do
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Not permitted to canvass off trade premises
The firm is not permitted to canvass regulated borrower-lender-supplier agreements or regulated consumer hire agreements off trade premises
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
- 14741686 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 20 March 2023 (3 years old)
- Registered office
- 76 Upper Ground,, London, SE1 9PZ
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| David Jonathan Bennett | Director | Mar 1962 | 1 Nov 2023 | None |
| Simon Daniel Bladon | Director | Sep 1973 | 17 Apr 2024 | 6 other companies |
| Benjamin Nicholas Davey | Director | Jan 1972 | 8 Jul 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Jane Susannah Leach | Director | May 1966 | 8 Jul 2024 | None |
| Kate Rochford Cino | Director | Oct 1982 | 8 Jul 2024 | None |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 8
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 7
In the full report: all 8 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
PayPal UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
31 October 2023
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not permitted to canvass off trade premises)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
20 March 2023
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Paypal Holdings, Inc. took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 20 events
- All 20 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 20 events in its history
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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