Company
The Payment Systems Regulator Limited
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ashley Ian AlderDirector · since 2026
- Jessica Lauren RusuDirector · since 2024
- Dr Andrew James BuckleyDirector · since 2024
- Sheldon MillsDirector · since 2024
- Dr Lara Dimitrova StoimenovaDirector · since 2024
- Joanna Sarah WhittingtonDirector · since 2023
- David Brian GealeDirector · since 2020
- Sarah DaySecretary · since 2022
Previous officers 22
- Edward Stephen Knapp 2023-2025 View profile
- Faith Reynolds 2021-2024 View profile
- Aidene Frances Walsh 2020-2026 View profile
- Professor Tommaso Valletti 2020-2025 View profile
- Louise Buckley 2019-2019 View profile
- Christopher John Hemsley 2019-2024 View profile
- Nick Charles Stace 2019-2020 View profile
- Charles David Randell 2018-2022 View profile
- Simon Anthony Ricketts 2017-2024 View profile
- Dr Andrew Bailey 2016-2020 View profile
- Bradley Fried 2016-2018 View profile
- Noel Anthony Salvatore Stephen Gordon 2016-2020 View profile
- Mark Falcon 2015-2015 View profile
- Carole Begent 2015-2019 View profile
- Hannah Nixon 2014-2019 View profile
- Mary Louise Starks 2014-2014 View profile
- Sir Brian Walter Pomeroy 2014-2016 View profile
- Amelia Fletcher 2014-2020 View profile
- Martin Wheatley 2014-2015 View profile
- Christopher Woolard 2014-2020 View profile
- John Guthrie Griffith-Jones 2014-2018 View profile
- Simon Marshall Pearce 2014-2022 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/04/2014
Ownership
Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- The Financial Conduct Authority
75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- The Payment Systems Regulator Limited
is controlled by The Financial Conduct Authority
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by The Financial Conduct Authority.
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Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
7 directors on the board
- Joanna Sarah Whittington Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Lara Dimitrova Stoimenova Director · appointed 2024
- Ashley Ian Alder Director · appointed 2026
- Sheldon Mills Director · appointed 2024
- David Brian Geale Director · appointed 2020
- Dr Andrew James Buckley Director · appointed 2024
- Jessica Lauren Rusu Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- David Brian Geale Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Sheldon Mills Director · appointed 2024
- David Brian Geale Director · appointed 2020
- Jessica Lauren Rusu Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Joanna Sarah Whittington Director · appointed 2023
- Dr Lara Dimitrova Stoimenova Director · appointed 2024
- Ashley Ian Alder Director · appointed 2026
- Dr Andrew James Buckley Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Professor Tommaso Valletti Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2025
- Aidene Frances Walsh Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08970864
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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