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
Suite 631, The Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent Street, London, W1B 5TG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 020 3389 7959 is
- Who else gives the postcode W1B 5TG
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- PassTo Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- BlaBla Connect 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.
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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
- 08246355 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 October 2012 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 631, The Linen Hall, 162-168 Regent Street, London, W1B 5TG, England
- Nature of business
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- Wireless telecommunications activities (SIC 61200)
- Other information technology service activities (SIC 62090)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Ragheb Elsergani | Director | Dec 1958 | 1 Jun 2015 | None |
| Abdelrahman El Sergani | Director | Aug 1987 | 8 Nov 2021 | None |
| Muhammad El Sergani | Director | Apr 1986 | 8 Nov 2021 | None |
| Manjit Singh Sehmi | Director | May 1966 | 8 Nov 2021 | 2 other companies |
| Nigel John Swift | Director | Jul 1970 | 8 Nov 2021 | None |
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
- 2
- closed down
- 2
In the full report: all 2 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
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Turnover
£2,986
−81% from £15.9k
Profit before tax
−£236k
Up £358k from −£594k
Total equity
£1.22m
−16% from £1.45m
Cash at bank
£41.7k
−26% from £56.3k
* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.
Turnover and profit
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 08246355. 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
Swift Payment Technologies’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
19 August 2025
- Changed its registered name from "BlaBla Connect Limited"
FCA register
2018
30 April 2018
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2016
20 July 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Ragheb Elsergani took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2012
9 October 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 23 events
- All 23 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 17
Firms connected to Swift Payment Technologies
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Swift Payment Technologies. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- 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 Swift Payment Technologies
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In London
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 23 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