United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Credec Limited
CreDec Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales, with its registered office in London. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) authorises it as an authorised payment institution under firm reference number 815633. HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) supervises it as a money service business for anti-money laundering purposes. Ardohr Limited holds 75% or more of its shares, and its 2025 accounts name Credec Group Limited as ultimate controlling party from 28 March 2025.
Licences and registrations
Held by Credec Limited (LEI 875500EJ3V0YFKDFK109). 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 | 815633 | United Kingdom | Active | 2018-09-05 | — |
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| HMRC MLR Supervised Business RegisterHMRCLinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Money Service BusinessMoney Transmitter / Remittance | XGML00000191365 | United Kingdom | Active | 2024-05-15 | — |
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Trading names on the register: CREDEC (FCA-PSD, HMRC-MLR)
- 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
- CDECGB2LXXX 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 CDECGB2L 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
- BIC first registered
- 2018-07-01
- Last updated
- 2024-02-28
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
Ardohr Limited
Firm type
Payment infrastructure
Trades as CreDec
- Ownership
- Ardohr Limited (Companies House 03156714) holds 75% or more of the shares and voting rights, and the firm's accounts name Credec Group Limited (Companies House 15727856) as ultimate controlling party from 28 March 2025.
- Direct parent
- Ardohr Limited, United Kingdom
- Ultimate owner
- Credec Group Limited, United Kingdom
- Head office
- 21 Young Street, EH2 4HU Edinburgh, United Kingdom (registered office: 22 Baker Street, London, W1U 3BW, United Kingdom)
- Company register
- Companies House 10821006
- Incorporated
- 15 Jun 2017
- Founder
- Alex Meynell
Online
- Websites & references
- credec.com ↗ did not load when checked
portal.credec.com ↗ customer portal (sign-in) - Official social accounts
- None found
Sources · 14 pages consulted
- register.fca.org.uk/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=015b0000006CXC7
- register.fca.org.uk/s/firm?id=0010X00004ETnBTQA1
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10821006
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10821006/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10821006/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10821006/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/10821006/filing-history/MzQ4MTc1OTA0MmFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/15727856
- wearepay.uk/what-we-do/payment-systems/faster-payment-system/payment-system-participant-list/
- bankofengland.co.uk/-/media/boe/files/payments/chaps/annual-summary-of-payment-statistics-2018
- business-money.com/announcements/new-credec-virtual-account-helps-smes-bypass-the-banks/
- apps.xero.com/uk/app/credec
- ico.org.uk/ESDWebPages/Entry/ZB502740
- portal.credec.com/
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 (firm reference number 815633). HMRC also registers it as a money service business under the Money Laundering Regulations.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 815633 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
| HM Revenue & Customs United Kingdom | Money Service Business (Money Transmitter / Remittance) | XGML00000191365 | In its own name | Active | — |
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
- Not disclosedThe firm states that customers' funds are always held by their existing bank providers or paid on to payees. It does not publish a safeguarding arrangement.
- Payment schemes and card networks
- Faster Payments Direct wearepay.uk ↗
Bacs Access not stated apps.xero.com ↗
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
It sells a payments automation service for businesses and their accountants and bookkeepers. The service sends Bacs and Faster Payments from cloud accounting software such as Xero, funded from the customer's existing bank account.
It serves businesses in the United Kingdom under its FCA authorisation.
- Sells to
- Small businesses · Other
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Alexander Michael Meynell Director; described as CEO and founder in company announcements
- Executive
- Craig Farquhar Eadie Director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
Credec Group Limited became the firm's ultimate controlling party on 28 March 2025, according to its accounts for the year to 30 June 2025.
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
- CDECGB2LXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- CDECBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 2LLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- 875500EJ3V0YFKDFK109
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 815633
- Licence no. · HMRC-MLR
- XGML00000191365
- How the LEI was matched
- BIC: Mapped to this BIC in the Swift and GLEIF BIC-to-LEI relationship file.Register entries: Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives.
- Register-entry ID
- a09d5bd1a39d
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
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- www.credec.com ↗
- 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.
Addresses
- Registered address
- 22 BAKER STREET LONDON W1U 3BW UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 22 BAKER STREET LONDON LONDON W1U 3BW 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.
- Identified by
- 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>CDECGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>875500EJ3V0YFKDFK109</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>CDECGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>875500EJ3V0YFKDFK109</LEI>
<Nm>CREDEC LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>22 BAKER STREET LONDON W1U 3BW</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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Read the methodology →Credits for this page
- FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPs—Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) · register ↗ as at 25 September 2026
- HMRC MLR Supervised Business Register—HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) · register ↗ as at 24 September 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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