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Compliance consultants in London

Senior regulatory advice from our office at 1 Kingdom Street, Paddington.

Reviewed by Harry Khan, Founder · 10 November 2026

We advise FCA-regulated firms from our London office: payment and e-money institutions, crypto firms, lenders, banks and the overseas businesses that open in London to serve the UK.

Who we work with

Firms authorised or registered by the FCA, and firms preparing to be.

  • Fintechs and payment firms based in London and across the UK
  • Overseas payment, e-money and crypto businesses opening a UK firm in London
  • UK branches and subsidiaries of overseas banks and payment groups
  • Investors and buyers acquiring an FCA-authorised firm

Working with us

One senior adviser leads each engagement from the first conversation.

  • Meetings at our London office or at yours, by arrangement
  • Direct access to your adviser on WhatsApp and email
  • A shared client workspace for documents, deadlines and regulator questions
  • Scope, timetable and fee agreed in writing before work starts

Get in touch

Tell us where you are and where you want to be.

[email protected]
+44 7563 115980 (phone and WhatsApp)

Further detail

Our London office

Our London office is at 1 Kingdom Street, Paddington, London W2 6BD. We also have an office at 14 Wall Street, New York, for clients with US operations.

Why London firms use a specialist adviser

The FCA expects a regulated firm to understand and meet its obligations itself. Most growing firms do not yet have a full compliance team, so they use an adviser to set up the framework, run the parts they cannot yet staff and check the rest. The aim is a firm that runs its own compliance well, with senior support when it needs it.

FCA authorisations we have obtained

A selection of the FCA engagements on our record. Each is an application we prepared and obtained for the client.

  • Orbital: FCA Authorised Payment Institution licence
  • Oval: FCA Authorised Payment Institution licence with open banking permissions
  • Hryze: FCA electronic money institution authorisation
  • Royal College of Music: FCA consumer credit licence
  • Macmillan Cancer Support: FCA consumer credit licence

Questions

Do you only work with firms based in London?

No. Our office is in London and many of our clients are, but we work with firms across the UK and with overseas firms entering the UK.

Can we meet in person?

Yes. Clients can meet us at our London office at 1 Kingdom Street, Paddington, or at their own office, by arrangement.

Do you help overseas firms set up in London?

Yes. We advise on the right FCA permission, the UK people the FCA expects to run the firm, the UK bank accounts it needs and the application itself.

What is the difference between a compliance consultant and an outsourced compliance officer?

A consultant advises and delivers set pieces of work, such as an application or a review. An outsourced compliance officer runs the compliance function on an ongoing basis. We provide both, and many firms move from one to the other as they grow.

Can you support us once we are authorised?

Yes. Our ongoing compliance support covers compliance monitoring, regulatory returns, financial crime, safeguarding and the FCA correspondence that comes with supervision.

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