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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No phone number on the FCA register
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Address
201 Bishopsgate, -, London, EC2M 3AB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 1 background check
- Who else gives the postcode EC2M 3AB
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
Financial Ombudsman complaints
Ombudsman complaints
- new complaints, January–June 2025
- 54
- upheld, against a 31% median
- 28%
- about banking and credit
- 54
A bigger firm gets more complaints simply because it has more customers.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company name
- STRIPE PAYMENTS UK LTD
- Company number
- 08480771 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 April 2013 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- 9th Floor, 107 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6DN
- Nature of business
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- Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Llc Stripe | Corporate director | Not published | 9 Apr 2013 | None |
| Louise Marie Smith | Director | Jun 1972 | 6 Dec 2022 | 7 other companies |
| Jurgen Anne Francois Marie Van Gael | Director | Nov 1981 | 6 Jun 2024 | None |
| Helen Claire Mcgrath | Director | Nov 1985 | 10 Feb 2026 | None |
| OHS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate secretary | Not published | 9 Apr 2013 | – |
| Sarah Grace | Secretary | Not published | 1 Aug 2022 | – |
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
- 7
- still active
- 7
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 7 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 3 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- All 16 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Stripe Payments UK’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
2 May 2018
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2016
25 January 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
2013
9 April 2013
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 34 events
- All 34 events in its history (3 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 31
Firms connected to Stripe Payments UK
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Stripe Payments UK. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Stripe Payments UK
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
- 1 background check on its contact details
- All 34 events in its history
- 5 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
- Ombudsman complaints data, January–June 2025 financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk