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About PayPoint plc
Its shares trade on LSE under the ticker PAY.L. It has been listed since 21 September 2004. In the fiscal year to 31 March 2026, it reported revenue of £337.0m and net income of £39.3m. At that date it held total assets of £503.8m and shareholders' equity of £74.1m.
PayPoint Plc engages in the provision of electronic payment collection solutions. The company is headquartered in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. The company went IPO on 2004-09-21. The firm's subsidiaries provide specialist consumer payment, and other services and products, transaction processing and settlement. The company offers clients streamlined consumer payment processing and transaction routing in an integrated solution, through MultiPay. MultiPay gives users the flexibility to choose channels depending on their customers' needs, including mobile application, online, text, phone/interactive voice response, cash in-store and cash out. Its platform, PayPoint One, combines PayPoint services, integrated card payments and electronic point of sale (EPoS) all in a device. Its retails payments and services offerings include bill and general (prepaid energy, bills and cash out services); top-ups (mobile, e-money vouchers and lottery), and retail services (payment card, parcels and money transfer). Its mobile and online offerings include parking, permits, tolling, ticketing and bicycle rental transactions.
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Company facts
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry
- Commercial Services & Supplies
- Listed since
- 21 Sept 2004
- Employees
- 694
- Website
- paypoint.com/en-gb ↗
Leadership
Pay as last reported
- Mr. Giles KerrNon-Executive Independent Chairman of the Board£178,000
- Mr. Nicholas WilesChief Executive Officer, Executive Director, since 2009£1.5m
- Mr. Rob HardingChief Financial Officer, Executive Director, since 2023£674,000
- Mr. Chris PaulCorporate Finance Director
- Ms. Katy WildeChief People Officer
- Mr. Simon ColesChief Technology Officer
- Mr. Steve O'NeillChief Marketing and Corporate Affairs Officer
- Ms. Tanya MurphyGeneral Counsel
- Mr. Julian CoghlanManaging Director - Love2Shop and Park Savings
- Mr. Mark LathamManaging Director - Card Services
- Ms. Jo ToolanManaging Director - Payments, since 2023
- Mr. Benjamin FordCustomer Experience Director
Environmental, social and governance
Scores out of 100, from our data supplier
- Overall
- 45
- Environment
- 52
- Social
- 41
- Governance
- 43
- Direct emissions (scope 1)
- 67 t
- Energy emissions (scope 2)
- 13 t
- Value chain emissions (scope 3)
- 8,966 t
- Women in the workforce
- 42%
- Carbon reduction policy
- No
- Human rights policy
- Yes
SWOT analysis
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Strengths
- PayPoint One integrates card payments and EPoS in a single device for efficient retail transactions.
- MultiPay enables flexible payment channel options including mobile, online, and cash in-store services.
- PayPoint's bill and general payment services cover prepaid energy, bills, and cash out solutions.
Weaknesses
- PayPoint's business relies on a single headquarters city, Welwyn Garden City, for operations.
- The company's IPO listing date of 21 September 2004 may limit recent market growth opportunities.
- PayPoint's employee count of 694 is relatively small for a company in the Commercial Services & Supplies sector.
Opportunities
- Expanding MultiPay to include more mobile and online payment options for parking and tolling services.
- Increasing retail payment services in the UK market for bill and top-up transactions.
- Growing the PayPoint One platform to integrate more electronic point of sale solutions.
Threats
- Competition from other payment processing companies in the UK Commercial Services & Supplies sector.
- Regulatory changes in the UK Financials sector affecting electronic payment solutions.
- Economic downturns impacting consumer spending on retail payment services.
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