Plum Fintech Payments Limited

Reference number: 1023776

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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

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.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When withplum.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 020 3038 8002 is, and the 2 other firms that give it
  • Who else gives the postcode EC1R 0DE
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Other names (3)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Plum Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • PLUM NEWCO LIMITED Former name: A name it was registered under before.
  • Plum NewCo Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguarded
    Your 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, free
    You 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
  • h) Issuing Electronic Money
  • i) Payment initiation services
  • j) Account information services

Limits on what they may do

  • The firm will not appoint agents and/or distributors
    The firm will not appoint agents and/or distributors

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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
19 April 2024 (2 years old)
Registered office
Floor 2 2-7 Clerkenwell Green, London, EC1R 0DE, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Activities of financial services holding companies (SIC 64205)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Victor Michael Trokoudes Director Feb 1984 19 Apr 2024 4 other companies
Maryam Mcloughlin Director Mar 1982 2 Dec 2024 1 other company
Edward Philip Simmons Director Jun 1980 22 Jul 2026 2 other companies

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
2
are FCA-registered
2

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 2 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
  • All 4 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 March 2025Micro-entity accountsNot audited

Net assets

£1

No earlier figure to compare

Employees (average)

0

No earlier figure to compare

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 15660845. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.

Key dates in its history

Plum Fintech Payments’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2026

9 March 2026

  • Changed its registered name from "PLUM NEWCO LIMITED"

FCA register

2025

27 November 2025

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • FCA imposed a requirement (The firm will not appoint agents and/or distributors)
  • Became an authorised e-money institution

FCA register

2024

19 April 2024

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Plum Fintech Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 14 events

  • All 14 events in its history (6 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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Firms connected to Plum Fintech Payments

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Plum Fintech Payments. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
4
share a director
1
share its phone number
2

In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (2), the same postcode (4)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
  • 1 past link through former directors
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Firms like Plum Fintech Payments

Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.

In London

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  • 7 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 14 events in its history
  • 4 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Plum Fintech Payments Limited FCA authorised?
Yes, Plum Fintech Payments Limited (FRN 1023776) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since November 2025 and works as a payment or money transfer firm. The FCA has placed a limit on what it may do.
What is Plum Fintech Payments’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 020 3038 8002 and the website withplum.com for Plum Fintech Payments. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further. The same number is also given by 2 other FCA firms.
Is Plum Fintech Payments a scam or clone?
Plum Fintech Payments is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Plum Fintech Payments?
It depends on the product, but payment and e-money balances should be safeguarded in a separate account, with no upper limit on the protected amount. You can also refer complaints about Plum Fintech Payments to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns Plum Fintech Payments?
Plum Fintech Payments is owned by Plum Fintech Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 19 April 2024.
Who runs Plum Fintech Payments?
Companies House lists 3 directors of Plum Fintech Payments: Victor Michael Trokoudes, Maryam McLoughlin and Edward Philip Simmons.
How long has Plum Fintech Payments been in business?
The company was formed on 19 April 2024, and has held its current FCA authorisation since November 2025.
What do Plum Fintech Payments’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 March 2025, show net assets of £1 (no earlier figure to compare).
Does Plum Fintech Payments use any other names?
It trades as Plum. It has previously used 2 other names: PLUM NEWCO LIMITED and Plum NewCo.

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