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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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
5th & 6th Floor, 16 Eastcheap, EC3M 1BD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3880 0575 is, and the other firm that gives it
- Who else gives the postcode EC3M 1BD
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
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
- 11219580 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 22 February 2018 (8 years old)
- Registered office
- 5th & 6th Floor 16 Eastcheap, London, EC3M 1BD, England
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart David Wayne Blake | Director | Nov 1964 | 22 Feb 2018 | 13 other companies |
| Zubeir Bham | Director | May 1979 | 5 Jun 2018 | 3 other companies |
| Daniel John Biggs | Director | Jan 1983 | 5 Jun 2018 | 6 other companies |
| Richard Chunn | Director | Jun 1981 | 5 Jun 2018 | 2 other companies |
| Matthew Clarke | Director | May 1984 | 20 Mar 2019 | 2 other companies |
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
- 17
- closed down
- 9
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 17 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
- The 2 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 4 companies these 5 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Profit before tax
£4.62m
+419% from £890k
Net assets
£3.71m
+80% from £2.06m
Cash at bank
£129.3m
+44% from £89.5m
Owed within a year
£257.2m
+74% from £147.7m
The accounts for the year to 31 December 2025 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £1085.5m, for the year to 31 December 2021.
* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.
Profit before tax
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- Both charts, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 11219580. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Privalgo’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2024
23 September 2024
- Privalgo Holdings Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
- Stewart Blake stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2020
10 June 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Privalgo Limited"
FCA register
2018
22 November 2018
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
14 June 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
5 June 2018
- Stewart Blake became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Xhedge Limited gave up control
Companies House
22 February 2018
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Xhedge Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
Firms connected to Privalgo
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Privalgo. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 1
- share its phone number
- 1
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same phone number (1), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Privalgo
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In the Central London (EC) postcode area
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- 17 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 16 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