Prepaid Financial Services Limited
Reference number: 900036
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Authorised by the FCA
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Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
4th Floor,, 35 Great St Helen’s,, London, EC3A 6AP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When prepaidfinancialservices.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7534 6781 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC3A 6AP
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Prepaid Financial Services Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Prepaid inancial Services Limited Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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.
Show FCA detail (8 permissions)
- 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
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
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Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 06337638 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 8 August 2007 (19 years old)
- Registered office
- 4th Floor 35 Great St. Helen's, London, EC3A 6AP, England
- Nature of business
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- Other credit granting not elsewhere classified (SIC 64929)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam Rhys Olding | Director | Dec 1971 | 2 Apr 2025 | None |
| Michael James Brennan | Director | Aug 1971 | 30 Apr 2025 | None |
| James Edward Hargreave Fay | Director | Aug 1979 | 19 Mar 2026 | 6 other companies |
| Philip John Emery | Director | Dec 1963 | 3 Aug 2026 | 10 other companies |
| Anushka Helene Denning | Secretary | Not published | 31 Oct 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 16
- closed down
- 4
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 16 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 18 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Prepaid Financial Services’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
6 June 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Prepaid Financial Services Ltd"
- Changed its registered name from "Prepaid inancial Services Limited"
FCA register
2020
31 March 2020
- Noel Moran stopped being the majority owner
Companies House
2018
11 June 2018
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2016
8 August 2016
- Noel Moran became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)
- Prepaid Financial Services (Ireland) Ltd gave up control
- Prepaid Financial Services (Ireland) Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
1 April 2013
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2012
17 July 2012
- Regulated by the Financial Services Authority from this date
FCA register
2007
8 August 2007
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 40 events
- All 40 events in its history (10 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 29
Firms connected to Prepaid Financial Services
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Prepaid Financial Services. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Prepaid Financial Services
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 16 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 40 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
- 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