PaySend PLC
Reference number: 900004
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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
First Floor, 20 Garrick Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2E 9BT, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When paysend.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0808 812 6020 is
- Who else gives the postcode WC2E 9BT
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- PayWizard PLC Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Paywizard Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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
- i) Payment initiation services
- j) Account information services
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
- SC376020 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Public limited company
- Incorporated
- 31 March 2010 (16 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 2, Ground Floor Orchard Brae House, 30 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh, EH4 2HS, Scotland
- 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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| Ronald Miller Millar | Director | Sep 1960 | 31 Mar 2010 | 26 other companies |
| Daria Kroos | Director | Aug 1986 | 15 Sep 2017 | None |
| Ronald Millar | Secretary | Not published | 28 Feb 2018 | – |
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
- 26
- closed down
- 15
- still active
- 11
In the full report: all 26 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
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
PaySend’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
2 February 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2017
14 August 2017
- Paysend Group Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Sarmad Harake gave up control
Companies House
2016
14 December 2016
- Changed its registered name from "PayWizard PLC"
FCA register
9 November 2016
- Sarmad Harake took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
13 April 2012
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2010
31 March 2010
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 22 events
- All 22 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 8
Firms connected to PaySend
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with PaySend. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like PaySend
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 26 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 22 events in its history
- 3 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