United Kingdom · Payments & e-money
Evelyn Partners Investment Services Limited
Evelyn Partners Investment Services Limited is a private limited company registered in England and Wales, based at 45 Gresham Street, London. The FCA authorises it as an investment firm under FRN 131816 and as an authorised payment institution under reference 912558. According to its 2025 accounts, its principal activities are custody and dealing services for clients of the Evelyn Partners wealth management group. Its parent, Evelyn Partners Group Limited, owns it outright, and the group has been part of NatWest Group since 30 June 2026.
Licences and registrations
Held by Evelyn Partners Investment Services Limited (LEI LAFEQBG3V1MID89I5N78). 1 entry on 1 of the 22 tracked registers, retrieved 25 September 2026.
| Register | Licence | Number | Jurisdiction | Status | Registered | Ends | Activities | Register entry |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FCA Financial Services Register - Payment Institutions & RAISPsFCALinked by LEI. Matched by Elucidate on the UK company number the register gives. | Authorised Payment InstitutionPayment Institution | 912558 | United Kingdom | Active | 2019-12-12 | — |
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- 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
- SMIWGB2LXXX 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 SMIWGB2L 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
- 2 branch codes
- Other BIC with this LEI
- SWIAGB21
- BIC first registered
- 2010-06-05
- Last updated
- 2023-06-22
Overview
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
Customers
Not published
Employees
Not published
Ownership
Group subsidiary
100% Evelyn Partners Group Limited
Firm type
Investment or brokerage
Trades as Evelyn Partners
- Standing
- The firm was renamed from Smith & Williamson Investment Services Limited on 14 June 2022. NatWest Group plc completed its acquisition of the Evelyn Partners group on 30 June 2026. The firm's board was replaced on the same date.
- Ownership
- Evelyn Partners Group Limited owns 100% of the firm, and NatWest Group plc has owned the Evelyn Partners group since 30 June 2026.
- Direct parent
- Evelyn Partners Group Limited ↗, United Kingdom 100%
- Ultimate owner
- NatWest Group plc, United Kingdom
- Head office
- 45 Gresham Street, EC2V 7BG London, United Kingdom
- Company register
- Companies House 00976145
- Incorporated
- 2 Apr 1970
- Former names
- SMITH & WILLIAMSON INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED · SMITH & WILLIAMSON INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED · SMITH & WILLIAMSON SECURITIES
Online
- Websites & references
- evelyn.com ↗
bestinvest.co.uk ↗ Bestinvest direct-to-consumer investment platform of the Evelyn Partners group
evelyn.com/ie ↗ Ireland country site of the group
Wikipedia ↗ group article - Official social accounts
- LinkedIn ↗ · X ↗ · Facebook ↗ · Instagram ↗ · YouTube ↗
Sources · 13 pages consulted
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00976145
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00976145/officers
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00976145/persons-with-significant-control
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00976145/filing-history
- find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/00976145/filing-history/MzU0MzA4MjQ0M2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
- register.fca.org.uk/servlet/servlet.FileDownload?file=015b0000006CXC7
- evelyn.com/legal-compliance-regulatory/registered-details/
- evelyn.com/legal-compliance-regulatory/legal-and-regulatory/
- natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/news-room/press-releases/financial-reporting/2026/jul/natwest-group-ann
- natwestgroup.com/news-and-insights/news-room/press-releases/our-updates/2026/feb/natwest-group-announces-t
- evelyn.com/press-centre/all-press-releases/evelyn-partners-announces-senior-management-changes-that-
- fca.org.uk/news/warnings/eveleyncom-clone-fca-authorised-firm
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Partners
Authorisation
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Operates under
- Its own licences
The FCA authorises the firm as an investment firm under FRN 131816. The FCA also authorises it as an authorised payment institution under the Payment Services Regulations 2017, reference 912558.
| Authority | Licence or registration | Number | Held | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised and regulated firm (FRN 131816) | 131816 | In its own name | Active | evelyn.com ↗ |
| Financial Conduct Authority United Kingdom | Authorised Payment Institution | 912558 | In its own name | Active | register.fca.org.uk ↗ |
| London Stock Exchange United Kingdom | LSE member firm | — | In its own name | Active | evelyn.com ↗ |
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 accountsAccording to its 2025 accounts, the firm held GBP 1,220 million of client money as trustee under the FCA client money rules, kept off its balance sheet.
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 provides custody, settlement and dealing services, including foreign-currency transactions, for clients of the Evelyn Partners group. According to its 2025 accounts, it held GBP 44.2 billion of custody assets at year end.
According to its 2025 accounts, all of its revenue arose in the United Kingdom.
- Revenue
- GBP 111.4m
- Sells to
- Consumers · Financial institutions · Other
- Serves customers in
- United Kingdom
Leadership
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
- Chief executive
- Christopher John Kenny Director; Chief Executive Officer of Evelyn Partners (group)
- Chief financial officer
- Muhammad Faqihuddin (Din) Mustaffa Director; Chief Financial Officer of Evelyn Partners (group)
- Executive
- Dame Anne Helen Richards Director
- Executive
- Mark Martin Rennison Director
- Executive
- Jakob Stott Director
- Executive
- Patrice McDonald Pryer Director
Recent events
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Merger / acquisition
NatWest Group plc completed its acquisition of the Evelyn Partners group, including the firm, on 30 June 2026.
natwestgroup.com ↗ -
Leadership
The firm appointed six new directors on 30 June 2026, including Chris Kenny, and nine directors including Paul Geddes and Alex Gersh stepped down.
find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk ↗ -
Merger / acquisition
Permira and Warburg Pincus agreed to sell Evelyn Partners to NatWest Group for GBP 2.7 billion enterprise value.
natwestgroup.com ↗
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.
Regulator warnings
Researched 29 Sep 2026 · Sources
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Impersonation Financial Conduct Authority, United Kingdom
The FCA warned that fraudsters using eveleyn.com were impersonating Evelyn Partners, naming sister firm Evelyn Partners Investment Management LLP as the genuine firm.
fca.org.uk ↗
Entries on regulators’ consumer-warning lists that name the firm or its brand. An impersonation warning is about fraudsters posing as the firm, not about the firm itself.
Identifiers
Head-office record
- BIC
- SMIWGB2LXXX
- How the BIC breaks down
- SMIWBank
- GBCountry · United Kingdom
- 2LLocation
- XXXBranch · head office
- Branch description
- Not recorded in the directory
- LEI
- LAFEQBG3V1MID89I5N78
- LEI record
- View on GLEIF ↗
- Licence no. · FCA-PSD
- 912558
- 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 ID
- 1035fb324e8d
- Companies House no.
- 00976145 ↗
Profile
- Type
- Payments & e-moneyPayment 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
- 1 entry on 1 register
- Activities
- Payment services
- Licensed in
- United Kingdom
- Website (register)
- evelyn.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
- Direct parent
- Evelyn Partners Group Limited · United Kingdom213800XOGUOY4SKV4F37 ↗
The Evelyn Partners Group Limited group has 9 institutions in the directory, in 1 country: all hold a BIC.
Including Bestinvest (Brookers) PLC, Tilney and CO., Tilney Asset Management LTD, Tilney Asset Management Services Limited, Tilney Investment Management.
See the Evelyn Partners Group Limited group →Group membership follows the accounting-consolidation relationships reported to GLEIF. It does not show ownership shares or control.
Persons with significant control
Companies House · company 00976145 ↗ · as at 9 October 2026
Companies House lists 1 person with significant control for Evelyn Partners Investment Services Limited: 1 company.
| Name | Type | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|
| Evelyn Partners Group Limited ↗ | Company · UK | 75–100% of shares · 75–100% of votes · Can appoint or remove directors | 28 March 2024 |
| National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company ↗ | Company · UK · through Evelyn Partners Group Limited | 75–100% of shares · 75–100% of votes · Can appoint or remove directors | 30 June 2026 |
| Natwest Holdings Limited ↗ | Company · UK · through National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company | 75–100% of shares · 75–100% of votes | 1 January 2017 |
| Natwest Group Plc ↗ | Company · UK · through Natwest Holdings Limited | 75–100% of shares · 75–100% of votes | 22 July 2020 |
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
- 45 GRESHAM STREET LONDON EC2V 7BG UNITED KINGDOM
- Operational address
- 45 GRESHAM STREET LONDON LONDON EC2V 7BG 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>SMIWGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>LAFEQBG3V1MID89I5N78</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>SMIWGB2LXXX</BICFI>
<LEI>LAFEQBG3V1MID89I5N78</LEI>
<Nm>EVELYN PARTNERS INVESTMENT SERVICES LIMITED</Nm>
<PstlAdr>
<TwnNm>LONDON</TwnNm>
<Ctry>GB</Ctry>
<AdrLine>45 GRESHAM STREET LONDON EC2V 7BG</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.
Network
Branch network
All 2 branch BICs connect to the head office. No city, function or registration year splits them into groups.
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Branch codes
| BIC | Branch | City | Address | LEI | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMIWGB2LFAL | SWFAL | Glasgow | GLASGOW GLASGOW UNITED KINGDOM | LAFEQBG3V1MID89I5N78 | 2023-06-22 |
| SMIWGB2LNCL | NCL INVESTMENTS | London | LONDON LONDON UNITED KINGDOM | LAFEQBG3V1MID89I5N78 | 2023-06-22 |
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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
- Ownership and group—GLEIF Level 2 relationship records (accounting consolidation), matched by LEI.
- 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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