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Company Liquidation

The Payment Firm LTD

The Payment Firm LTD is a UK company (number 12483085, status: liquidation), incorporated 2020, with 1 current director, Andrew Leslie Welsh. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 7

  1. Alexey Rubets 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Gary Michael Prince 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Cavit Polat 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jonathon Edward Halsey 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. Richard Fergal Whelan 2021-2022 Director View profile
  6. Wei Xu 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Laytons Secretaries Limited 2025-2025 Corporate-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
25/02/2020

Ownership

Owned by (2) 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.

  • Wei Xu ceased 2021-03-01
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2020-09-03 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Richard Fergal Whelan ceased 2020-09-07
    25-50% shares · notified 2020-09-03

Group

  1. The Payment Firm LTD is controlled by Wei Xu
    Evidence
    ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2020-09-03, ceased 2021-03-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Wei Xu.

4 other companies in this group

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.

1 directors on the board

1.4y median 1.4y
average tenure
1.4y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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.

Finance 2Business services 1

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.

Gaps to watch

  • A single director - no second pair of eyes on any decision

Where to look Suggested search: a second director to remove single-point control.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
12483085
Status
Liquidation
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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