Does the customer-facing brand map to the authorised entity?
Answered for 6 of 6 firms. Documented link between brand and firm reference number
FREETRADE LIMITED
VerifiedThe register records "Freetrade"; "Freetrade Limited" as registered trading name(s) of firm reference number 783189, and links that firm reference number to Companies House company number 09797821.
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The register records "HL Workplace Solutions"; "Hargreaves Lansdown Currency Service"; "Hargreaves Lansdown"; "Hargreaves Lansdown Asset Management Limited" as registered trading name(s) of firm reference number 115248, and links that firm reference number to Companies House company number 01896481.
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MONZO BANK LIMITED
VerifiedThe register records "Monzo"; "MONZO BANK LIMITED" as registered trading name(s) of firm reference number 730427, and links that firm reference number to Companies House company number 09446231.
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STARLING BANK LIMITED
VerifiedThe register records "Starling Bank"; "Starling"; "Starling Bank Limited" as registered trading name(s) of firm reference number 730166, and links that firm reference number to Companies House company number 09092149.
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TRADING 212 UK LIMITED
VerifiedThe register links firm reference number 609146 to Companies House company number 08590005, establishing which registered legal entity holds this authorisation.
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The register records "Trading 212"; "Trading 212 UK Limited" as trading name(s) of firm reference number 609146, and links that firm reference number to Companies House company number 08590005. The customer-facing name therefore maps to a specific registered entity.
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The register records "Trading 212"; "Trading 212 UK Limited" as registered trading name(s) of firm reference number 609146, and links that firm reference number to Companies House company number 08590005.
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WISE PAYMENTS LIMITED
VerifiedThe register records "Wise"; "Wise Payments Limited" as registered trading name(s) of firm reference number 900507, and links that firm reference number to Companies House company number 07209813.
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Every firm here was asked the same question against the same published standard, and every answer quotes the passage it came from. Where the answers differ, the difference is in the firms’ own documents, not in how we read them.
Darker text marks stronger evidence. A statutory register prints at full strength; a firm’s own marketing prints lighter. The methodology sets out the weightings.