VAULTEX UK LIMITED
Company number 06356813 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
VAULTEX UK LIMITED occupies a strategically unique position as a 50/50 joint venture between HSBC and Barclays, providing it with guaranteed volume throughput from two of the UK's largest clearing banks — a structural advantage that pure-play competitors cannot replicate. However, the business faces significant secular headwinds from declining UK cash usage, which pressures the fixed-cost infrastructure inherent in cash processing operations. The company's long-term viability depends on maintaining parent bank commitment to the joint venture model while adapting its cost base to declining transaction volumes — a challenge shared across the entire cash logistics sector.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2007-08-30
- Registered office
- All Saints Triangle, Caledonian Road, London, United Kingdom, N1 9UT
- Postcode
- N1 9UT
- Capital
- 10,000,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-03
- Next due by
- 2027-07-06
- Financial year end
- 6 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-01
- Next due by
- 2027-08-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 66190 Activities auxiliary to financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Officers 9 current · 39 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HSBC UK BANK PLC — since 2018-07-01
Controlled by BARCLAYS BANK UK PLC — since 2018-04-01
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-09-30) — 6 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
8.59%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- vaultexuk.com
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HAWTHORN CASH MANAGEMENT LIMITED | 2007-10-30 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 21 GARLICK HILL, LONDON, EC4V 2AU | 2017-12-01 |
| 8 CANADA SQUARE, LONDON, E14 5HQ | 2012-09-03 |
| 1 CHURCHILL PLACE, LONDON, E14 5HP | 2007-11-20 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 182 similar companies in N, trading since 2007
The class of 2007
39%
of the 322 companies in this sector incorporated in 2007 are still active today; 59% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 9 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Leasehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2023-01-10
- Where
- Warrington (2), Greater London (2), Merseyside (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH720300 | Warrington | Leasehold | 2023-01-10 | — |
| MS665760 | Merseyside | Leasehold | 2019-02-13 | — |
| EGL465625 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2011-11-25 | — |
| BL68922 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2008-01-02 | — |
| CH252081 | Warrington | Freehold | 2008-01-02 | — |
| K516722 | Kent | Freehold | 2008-01-02 | — |
| NGL473429 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2008-01-02 | — |
| TY146883 | Tyne And Wear | Freehold | 2007-12-20 | — |
| WM110497 | West Midlands | Freehold | 2007-12-19 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.
This company's registered activities are in financial services. If it carries on regulated business, it should appear on the FCA's Financial Services Register — the official record of authorised firms.