United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Ballinger and CO. LTD
Legal name in the LEI recordBALLINGER & CO. LTD
Ballinger & Co. Ltd is a private limited company registered in England and Wales. Its head office is at 65 Curzon Street, London. The FCA authorises the firm as an authorised payment institution under reference 825771. It is wholly owned by Ballinger Group Holdings (UK) Limited and trades as part of Ballinger Group. It provides foreign exchange and payment services, including spot and forward contracts, to institutional, corporate and private clients.
Licences and registrations
Held by Ballinger & CO. LTD (LEI 2138006K7ABK4LRUP760). 2 entries on 2 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
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| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 825771 | United Kingdom | Active | 2019-10-04 | — |
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| Money Services Business RegistryFINTRACLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address. | Foreign MSB (FMSB)Money Transmitter / Remittance | M20579657 | Canada | Expired | 2020-06-26 | Ended 2025-08-18 |
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Licences and registrations listed here were granted in Canada. This BIC is registered in the United Kingdom.
- Licences belong to the legal entity, not to a BIC.
- Each licence applies in the country of the regulator that granted it.
- Registers are tracked in 37 countries. Licences granted elsewhere are not recorded here.
- The register entries and their trading names were not matched against sanctions lists. The sanctions facts on this page cover the BIC and its LEI only.
Swift network
Swift’s ISO 9362 BIC directory
- BIC
- BLLGGB2LXXX head office
- Connection to Swift
- Connected to SwiftThis BIC is registered as a live address on the Swift network. The institution sends and receives Swift messages under BLLGGB2L directly.
- Swift GPI
- Not on the member list
- Payment schemes and systems
- No entry in the EPC registers, the ECB T2 and TIPS lists or the SIX Bank Master cites this BIC
- Branch codes
- None: head-office BIC only
- Other BIC with this LEI
- BLLGGB22
- BIC first registered
- 2020-08-22
- Last updated
- 2023-02-28
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Ballinger Group Holdings (UK) Limited
Firm type
FX and business payments
Trades as Ballinger Group
- Ownership
- Ballinger Group Holdings (UK) Limited, Companies House 12511349, owns 100% of the firm and names itself as its ultimate parent and controlling party.
- Direct parent
- Ballinger Group Holdings (UK) Limited, United Kingdom 100%
- Head office
- 65 Curzon Street, W1J 8PE London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 11401151
- Incorporated
- 6 Jun 2018
- Founders
- Oliver Bridgen · Will Tracey
- Former name
- FINANCIAL SERVICES STARTUP LIMITED
Online
- Websites & references
- ballinger.group ↗ did not load when checked
- Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 10 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11401151
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11401151/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11401151/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11401151/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/11401151/filing-history/MzQ4NzM4OTM5NGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- ballinger.group/entities/
- ballinger.group/compliance/
- ballinger.group/about/who-we-are/
- ballinger.group/contact/
- einnews.com/pr_news/534108169/ed-f-man-capital-markets-and-ballinger-co-announce-partnership
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as an authorised payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, reference 825771. The group serves EU clients through a separate Maltese company, Ballinger Europe Ltd, which the Malta Financial Services Authority authorises.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 825771 | In its own name | Active | ballinger.group ↗ |
| Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Canada | Foreign Money Services Business registration | M20579657 | In its own name | Withdrawn or expired | — |
Licences and registrations the research found, at home and abroad, as the firm and its regulators publish them. The Licences and registrations card shows the entries on the registers the directory tracks.
Partners and safeguarding
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Safeguarding
- Segregated safeguarding accountsBallinger Group says it holds client relevant funds in designated safeguarding and client money accounts with Barclays Bank PLC and Barclays Bank Ireland PLC Frankfurt Branch.
- Safeguarding bank
- Barclays Bank PLC United Kingdom
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Swift Access not stated find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
Faster Payments Access not stated find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
CHAPS Access not stated find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
Banks and regulated firms the firm says hold its customers’ money, issue its cards, sponsor its accounts or settle its payments, as it discloses them in its terms and notices.
Products and markets
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
According to its 2024 accounts, the firm acts as a riskless principal broker and books client FX contracts back-to-back with counterparties.
Its 2024 accounts show revenue by destination, mainly from Switzerland and the United Kingdom, with smaller amounts from Nigeria, Malta, Sweden, Germany and the Isle of Man.
- Revenue
- GBP 20.9m
- Payment volume
- GBP 5.37bngross value of currency transactions sold
- Sells to
- Financial institutions · Enterprises · Consumers
- Serves customers in 7 countries
- United Kingdom · Switzerland · Nigeria · Malta · Sweden · Germany · Isle of Man
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Oliver Bridgen Co-Founder & Group Chief Executive Officer; director
- Chair
- Will Tracey Co-Founder & Group Executive Chairman; director
- Executive
- Rochelle Dimech Debono Company Secretary
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Leadership
Tom Dudderidge resigned as a director on 8 August 2025, and the board confirmed Oliver Bridgen as Chief Executive Officer.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗
Compliance-relevant events of the last three years, newest first: fines and enforcement, investigations, security incidents, licence changes, funding rounds, acquisitions and leadership changes. Each links to its source.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- BLLGGB2LXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- BLLGBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 2LLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 2138006K7ABK4LRUP760
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 825771
- Licence no. · FINTRAC-MSB
- M20579657
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entry: Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives.Register entry: Matched by Elucidate to GLEIF on name, country and address.
- Register-entry IDs
- fcf7bddc5e60 · a3e06000ad09
- Companies House no.
- 11401151 ↗
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-money · Money service businessPayment institutions, e-money and stored-value issuers, and account-information providers. Licensed under payment-services law (e.g. PSD2 in the EU and UK, the Payment Services Act in Singapore). Taken from the licences on the tracked registers.
- Regulation
- Prudential licenceAuthorised with capital, safeguarding and conduct requirements, e.g. an authorised payment or e-money institution in the EU or UK, a major payment institution in Singapore, or a MiCA crypto-asset service provider.
- Register licences
- 2 entries on 2 registers
- Activities
- Payment services
- Money remittance
- Currency exchange
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.ballinger.co ↗
- Country · region
- United Kingdom · Europe & Central Asia
- Trading venues (MIC)
- No MIC registered under this LEI list of 2026-09-17
- OFAC sanctions
- No listing cites this BIC
- EU sanctions
- No listing matched this BIC or its LEI
- Country sanctions
- No country programme
Types come from Swift’s BIC classification, the licences on the 22 tracked registers, and the ECB and FSB bank lists. Most banks outside the euro area appear as financial institutions, because their supervisors’ registers are not tracked yet.
Ownership and group
GLEIF relationship records
GLEIF’s relationship records name no parent for this LEI, and no group page is published for it.
Persons with significant control
Companies House · company 11401151 ↗ · as at 9 October 2026
Companies House lists 1 person with significant control for Ballinger & Co. Ltd: 1 company.
| Name | Type | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinger Group Holdings (Uk) Ltd ↗ | Company · UK | 75–100% of shares · 75–100% of votes · Can appoint or remove directors | 21 April 2020 |
| William Patrick Tracey | Individual · through Ballinger Group Holdings (Uk) Ltd | 25–50% of votes | 24 July 2026 |
Companies report persons with significant control to Companies House. Elucidate has not verified them.
A person with significant control holds more than 25% of the shares or votes, can appoint or remove the board, or has significant influence or control. Dates of birth and addresses are not shown.
Matched on the Companies House number that the FCA register gives for this firm.
See the register at Companies House ↗Addresses
- Registered address
- 65 CURZON STREET LONDON W1J 8PE UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 65 CURZON STREET LONDON LONDON W1J 8PE UNITED KINGDOM
ISO 20022 identification
As an agent in a Swift cross-border payment message (CBPR+)
A CBPR+ message identifies this institution by its BIC, and may add its LEI or a clearing code. CBPR+ does not allow a name and postal address next to a BIC.
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- BIC, with its LEI
- Roles in CBPR+
- Any agent, including the instructing and instructed agents
CBPR+
For cross-border payments on Swift: the BIC, with the LEI and clearing code where known
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BLLGGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>2138006K7ABK4LRUP760</LEI>
</FinInstnId>Full record
Every ISO 20022 element the directory holds. Base ISO 20022 allows them together. CBPR+ does not allow a name and address next to a BIC
<FinInstnId>
<BICFI>BLLGGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>2138006K7ABK4LRUP760</LEI>
<Nm>BALLINGER AND CO. LTD</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>65 CURZON STREET LONDON W1J 8PE</AdrLine>
</PstlAdr>
</FinInstnId>The BIC, name and address are as published in Swift’s BIC directory. The LEI comes from the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI file. Check them against your own records before use.
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Sources & method
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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Money Services Business Registry—Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- Persons with significant control—Companies House · source ↗ as at 9 October 2026
- Overview, authorisation, partners, products, leadership and events—researched per institution by an AI model with web search, from the firm's own website, terms and filings, regulators' registers and notices, company registers and news. Licences, partners, figures, people and events link to their source, and each card shows the research date. AI research can be wrong or out of date, so check key facts at the source.
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