TrustUk Payments Ltd

Reference number: 932557

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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

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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When trustpayments.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 0333 240 6000 is
  • Who else gives the postcode BR1 1DE
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Other names (1)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Trust Payments Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Handle payments & transfers Funds safeguarded
    Your 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, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
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  • 5. Issuing and/or acquiring of payment instruments.
  • 6. Money remittance.

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 status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
28 October 2019 (7 years old)
Registered office
27 Old Gloucester Street, London, WC1N 3AX, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Activities of head offices (SIC 70100)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Laurence Booth Director Jun 1977 3 Oct 2024 6 other companies
Maria Olegovna Cilliers Director Oct 1971 18 Nov 2024 3 other companies
Benyam Hagos Director Jan 1986 3 Mar 2025 10 other companies
Richard Paul Brough Director Jul 1971 26 Jan 2026 6 other companies
ELEMENTAL COMPANY SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate secretary Not published 28 Oct 2019 –

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
20
closed down
6
are FCA-registered
4

In the full report: all 20 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 4 on the FCA register, including 2 no longer authorised
  • The 5 companies these 4 directors run together
  • All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 December 2025Full accountsAudited

Turnover

£116.0m

+1.6% from £114.2m

Profit before tax

£3.93m

+396% from £794k

Net assets

£7.79m

+102% from £3.86m

Cash at bank

£4.24m

−60% from £10.7m

* Cash at bank usually includes customers’ money.

Turnover and profit

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
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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 12283499. 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

TrustUk Payments’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2021

15 March 2021

  • Regulated by the FCA from this date
  • Became an authorised payment institution

FCA register

2019

28 October 2019

  • Incorporated at Companies House
  • Trust Payments Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

In the full report: all 13 events

  • All 13 events in its history (4 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 8
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Firms connected to TrustUk Payments

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with TrustUk Payments. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firm
1
share its postcode
1
past links
4

In the full report: the connected firm, named

  • How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
  • Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
  • 4 past links through former directors
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Firms like TrustUk Payments

Other firms of the same type (payment or money transfer firm), nearest first.

In Bromley

In the Bromley (BR) postcode area

Elsewhere in the UK

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  • 20 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 6 years of accounts, charted
  • All 13 events in its history
  • 1 connected firm, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is TrustUk Payments Ltd FCA authorised?
Yes, TrustUk Payments Ltd (FRN 932557) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since March 2021 and works as a payment or money transfer firm. The FCA has placed no limits on its permissions.
What is TrustUk Payments’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 0333 240 6000 and the website trustpayments.com for TrustUk Payments. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is TrustUk Payments a scam or clone?
TrustUk Payments is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with TrustUk Payments?
It depends on the product, but payment and e-money balances should be safeguarded in a separate account, with no upper limit on the protected amount. You can also refer complaints about TrustUk Payments to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.
Who owns TrustUk Payments?
TrustUk Payments is owned by Trust Payments Ltd, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 28 October 2019.
Who runs TrustUk Payments?
Companies House lists 4 directors of TrustUk Payments: Laurence Booth, Maria Olegovna Cilliers, Benyam Hagos and Richard Paul Brough.
How long has TrustUk Payments been in business?
The company was formed on 28 October 2019, and has held its current FCA authorisation since March 2021.
What do TrustUk Payments’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 December 2025, show turnover of £116.0m (+1.6% from £114.2m) and profit before tax of £3.93m (+396% from £794k).
Does TrustUk Payments use any other names?
It trades as Trust Payments.

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