Shieldpay Ltd
Reference number: 770210
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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.
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Phone number
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Address
2nd Floor, 1 Fetter Lane, London, City Of London, EC4A 1BR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When shieldpay.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 8610 9599 is
- Who else gives the postcode EC4A 1BR
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- PayAgent Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Paycast Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
- Shieldpay Giving 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.
Show FCA detail (4 permissions)
- 1. Services enabling cash to be placed on a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
- 2. Services enabling cash withdrawals from a payment account as well as all the operations required for operating a payment account.
- 3. Executing payment transactions (no credit line)
- 5. Issuing and/or acquiring of payment instruments.
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
- 10061792 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 14 March 2016 (10 years old)
- Registered office
- 3rd Floor 1 Ashley Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, WA14 2DT, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Peter Allen Janes | Director | Mar 1981 | 24 Jun 2016 | 11 other companies |
| James Charles Cowles | Director | May 1955 | 17 Sep 2019 | 3 other companies |
| Sophie Joanne Condie | Director | Aug 1984 | 10 Jul 2025 | 4 other companies |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 10 Jul 2016 | – |
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
- 12
- closed down
- 6
- run together
- 4
In the full report: all 12 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 4 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Shieldpay’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
16 November 2022
- Spg Technologies Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
20 July 2022
- Covesta Holdings Limited stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
25 April 2022
- Covesta Holdings Limited became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Peter Allen Janes stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2018
14 May 2018
- Became an authorised payment institution
FCA register
2017
25 January 2017
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2016
24 June 2016
- Peter Allen Janes became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
14 March 2016
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 25 events
- All 25 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 9
Firms connected to Shieldpay
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Shieldpay. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Shieldpay
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 12 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 25 events in its history
- 2 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