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
Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 0345 872 7627 is
- Who else gives the postcode PE3 6SB
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
- 09641417 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 16 June 2015 (11 years old)
- Registered office
- Worldwide House, Thorpe Wood, Peterborough, PE3 6SB, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daryl Norman | Director | Aug 1972 | 16 Jun 2015 | 5 other companies |
| Matthew Nathan Gillen | Director | Feb 1984 | 9 Dec 2025 | 1 other company |
| Victoria Benis-Lonsdale | Secretary | Not published | 17 Aug 2018 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 6
- still active
- 3
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 6 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- All 14 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Travelex Europe’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
5 March 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- No longer regulated by the FCA
- Became an authorised e-money institution
FCA register
2016
25 August 2016
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
FCA register
6 April 2016
- Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty gave up control
- Bavaguthu Raghuram Shetty took control (75–100% of shares)
- Travelex Acquisitionco Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2015
16 June 2015
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 36 events
- All 36 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 28
Firms connected to Travelex Europe
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Travelex Europe. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past links
- 3
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 3 past links through former directors
Firms like Travelex Europe
Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.
In Peterborough
In the Peterborough (PE) postcode area
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 2 background checks on its contact details
- All 36 events in its history
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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