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RegTech Companies in the UK: 200+ Active Firms (2026)
RegTech companies build compliance technology for regulated financial services in the UK, shaped by FCA priorities in AI, financial crime and digital ID.
Buying centres tend to sit in compliance, risk, financial-crime operations and product-governance teams, with finance and audit functions often involved once reporting evidence or controls assurance enters the sale. Buyers are regulated financial-services organisations, so procurement tends to look like departmental or enterprise software buying rather than casual self-serve adoption. The product set splits between workflow automation, monitoring, digital identity, open-finance controls, AI-assisted review and audit evidence. Scaleup and mid-market vendors are the natural centre of gravity, selling subscription platforms and implementation support into teams that need traceability, permissions and defensible change management.
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The UK has 223 actively trading RegTech companies, making the segment relatively small beside broader financial-services software but still visible as a specialist compliance category. Within that cohort, 31 companies report turnover above £5M, while 33 were incorporated since 2022, suggesting a mix of revenue-proven suppliers and newer entrants aligned to current supervisory priorities. Together, firms reporting headcount employ 1,904 people, which points to a market made up mainly of specialist software teams rather than labour-heavy advisory businesses.
Financial-services compliance, rather than a dedicated licence class, sets the boundary for most RegTech activity. The FCA describes the field as technologies developed to help overcome regulatory challenges in financial services, and frames its engagement around AI for regulatory obligations, financial crime, financial inclusion, digital ID and open finance. Innovate Finance, through its RegTech programme, presents the UK trade association role as helping firms deliver regulatory requirements more efficiently than existing capabilities. Market structure therefore tends to follow supervisory focus, rule changes and compliance-cost pressure, rather than a unified authorisation regime for RegTech suppliers themselves.
Further development appears tied to the practical burden of compliance operations: evidence gathering, monitoring, identity checks and explainable use of AI inside regulated workflows. The cohort still looks skewed towards early-commercial specialists, while the smaller revenue-proven group should have an advantage where buyers want procurement assurance and continuity. Consolidation may come from customers rationalising overlapping point tools, or from software vendors adding financial-crime, audit and reporting modules around an existing compliance workflow. Adoption tends to move at the pace of regulated buyers, so sales cycles are likely to remain careful rather than impulsive.
223
Active firms
2026
31
Over £5M
turnover band
33
Since 2022
new incorporations
Key facts
About 13% of the trading cohort reports turnover above £5M (31 of 223 firms) — the rest sits below that revenue band.
14% of the cohort was incorporated since 2022 (33 firms), so a sizeable share is in its first few filing cycles.
RegTech is not a single licensed activity; the FCA defines it as “new technologies developed to help overcome regulatory challenges in financial services”.
The FCA’s 2024/25 engagement priorities include AI for regulatory obligations, financial crime, financial inclusion and digital ID, and open finance.
Financial-crime compliance spend across UK financial services was £34.2 billion per annum in 2022, up 19% from £28.7 billion in 2020.
The FCA runs an Innovation Hub, TechSprints and a Permanent Digital Sandbox for firms working with compliance-related technology.
Top UK RegTech companies
Develops regulatory technology software for financial institutions, providing a platform that automates regulatory decision‑making, pre‑trade checks, trading controls, cross‑border compliance, and…
Serves large sell-side and buy-side financial institutions worldwide, including banks, brokers, trading firms and futures commission merchants with regulated trading and reporting obligations.
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Provides regulatory compliance software for financial services firms, including trade and communications surveillance, data archiving, MiFID II transaction reporting, best execution and transaction…
Serves financial services organisations, including asset and wealth managers, banks, brokers, hedge funds, commodity trading firms, and trading platforms/execution providers, especially compliance,…
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Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops and provides cloud-based regulatory technology software for financial institutions. Platform supports transaction reporting, trade and communications surveillance, best execution monitoring,…
Sells to financial services firms in global capital markets, including asset and wealth managers, brokers, fund managers, hedge funds, investment banks and proprietary trading firms with regulatory…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy
Location
Provides regulatory compliance and reporting software and services for financial institutions, including trade and transaction reporting, data accuracy testing, shareholding disclosure monitoring,…
Serves B2B financial services firms, from boutique asset managers to tier-one banks, that must meet trade, transaction, shareholding disclosure and market abuse regulatory obligations.
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FENERGO UK LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2019–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops financial compliance and client lifecycle management software for banks and financial institutions. Provides tools for client onboarding, KYC checks, identity verification, transaction…
Serves financial institutions and regulated firms, including corporate, commercial, retail and private banks, wealth managers, asset managers, asset servicers, fintechs, and energy and commodities…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Profitable, Growing, Hiring · 15% CAGR over 2y
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Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops regulatory compliance software for asset managers, hedge funds, banks and other financial institutions. The platform automates monitoring of investment rules, shareholding disclosures,…
Serves compliance teams at asset managers, hedge funds, investment banks, pension funds and other financial institutions, from smaller firms to large global organisations managing regulated…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 18% CAGR over 4y
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Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops regulatory compliance software for financial institutions. Provides platforms for transaction reporting, trade and electronic communications surveillance, and best execution analysis, with…
Sells to financial services firms worldwide, including asset and wealth managers, brokers, fund managers, hedge funds, investment banks and proprietary trading firms with regulatory compliance…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · -87% CAGR over 2y
Location
Kaizen Reporting Limited
Trajectory
2y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsProvides regulatory reporting and compliance software and services for financial institutions, including trade and transaction reporting for regimes such as MiFID II, EMIR and SFTR, shareholding…
Serves financial services firms, from boutique asset managers to tier-one banks, especially compliance, regulatory reporting, surveillance and operations teams managing obligations across global…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 28% CAGR over 1y
Location
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsDevelops governance, risk and compliance (GRC) software used by financial services firms to monitor regulatory compliance, manage operational risk, track incidents and breaches, handle complaints,…
Sells B2B to regulated financial services enterprises, including asset managers, banks, funds, insurers, pension providers, wealth managers, e-money and payment firms, especially risk, compliance,…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 17% CAGR over 1y
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowProvides cloud-based regulatory intelligence software and managed services for financial firms to perform transaction reporting and reconciliation across regimes such as MiFID II, EMIR and SFTR,…
Serves B2B financial firms, especially investment firms and transaction reporting teams needing compliant reporting across MiFIR, EMIR, CFTC, SFTR, ASIC, MAS, HKMA and CSA regimes. Also targets…
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
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5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops compliance and regulatory reporting software for the investment management industry. Provides a modular platform supporting investment compliance monitoring, shareholder disclosure tracking,…
Serves B2B financial institutions globally, including asset managers, fund managers, wealth managers, global depositaries, fund administrators and service providers operating across multiple…
Financial Health
StableStable · -69% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops a collaborative low‑code platform for financial regulatory reporting. Provides tools for data modelling, integration and trade data processing that enable financial institutions and…
Sells to B2B and institutional customers in financial markets, especially financial institutions, regulators, trade associations and market infrastructure providers needing regulatory reporting,…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 15% CAGR over 4y
Location
Encompass Corporation Group Holdings Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops and provides a software-as-a-service platform that automates know-your-customer (KYC) and anti‑money laundering compliance processes for financial institutions, including corporate client…
Serves corporate and investment banks, commercial and challenger banks, correspondent banking teams and managed service providers with KYC and AML compliance obligations for corporate clients.
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
COMPLIANCE SOLUTIONS STRATEGIES UK LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides regulatory technology and compliance services for financial services firms. Offers a platform and managed services for fund reporting, transaction reporting, investment monitoring,…
Sells to B2B financial services firms needing regulatory compliance support, including asset managers, banks, broker-dealers, fund administrators, hedge funds, insurers, investment advisers, private…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -11% CAGR over 4y
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Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides SaaS software and consultancy for financial regulatory transaction reporting. Offers a no‑code platform to transform, validate, submit and monitor trade data for regimes including EMIR,…
Serves financial services businesses subject to transaction reporting regimes, including firms trading under EMIR, MiFID II/MiFIR, SFTR, ASIC, MAS and Canadian CSA requirements.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 45% CAGR over 4y
Location
Encompass Corporation UK Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops and provides a software-as-a-service platform for corporate digital identity and KYC/AML compliance. The platform automates client onboarding and due diligence by aggregating public data,…
Serves B2B financial institutions, including corporate and investment banks, commercial banks, challenger banks, correspondent banks, and managed service providers with KYC and AML compliance needs.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · 2% CAGR over 4y
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ComplyAdvantage
Develops software for financial crime risk management, providing tools for customer and company screening, transaction and payment monitoring, and ongoing compliance checks. Supplies sanctions lists,…
Serves B2B compliance and risk teams at enterprises, especially regulated financial services and payments organisations managing customer, company and transaction risk.
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SHUFTI PRO LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides digital identity verification and compliance software for businesses. Offers KYC, KYB and AML screening, document and face verification, liveness checks, transaction monitoring, and fraud…
Serves B2B organisations with online customer onboarding and compliance needs, including banks, fintechs, crypto exchanges, forex platforms, gaming operators, gig-economy firms, marketplaces and…
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
Develops trade surveillance software for financial institutions. Its platform analyses trading activity using market risk and impact models to detect potential market manipulation and abuse, and…
Sells to businesses in financial services, especially major banks and asset management firms globally. Also serves compliance, surveillance and risk teams needing trade surveillance, market abuse…
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LUCINITY UK LIMITED
Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides software platform and AI tools for financial crime compliance teams, including case management, transaction monitoring, investigation automation, customer data integration, and regulatory…
Serves B2B financial institutions, including banks and fintechs, targeting FinCrime, AML, compliance, transaction monitoring, investigations and risk operations teams responsible for oversight and…
Financial Health
StableStable · -84% CAGR over 3y
Location
Cleverchain Limited
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsDevelops AI-powered compliance and due diligence software that aggregates global corporate data to verify businesses, assess risk, and automate KYC/KYB checks. Platform provides real-time…
Serves B2B compliance, risk, and financial crime teams at enterprises and regulated organisations that perform KYB, due diligence, and global business verification across large entity networks.
Financial Health
WeakWeak
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Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops software for financial services compliance, providing AI-based electronic communications surveillance, archiving and data management. The platform monitors messaging and voice…
Sells to B2B financial services organisations, especially banks, trading firms and other regulated institutions. Targets compliance, surveillance, supervision, eDiscovery, control room and technology…
Financial Health
StrongStrong
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Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops client lifecycle management and know‑your‑customer (KYC) compliance software for regulated organisations. Platform automates customer onboarding, identity and sanctions screening, risk…
Serves regulated and unregulated organisations worldwide, including financial services firms, trust and corporate services providers, insurers, law and accountancy practices, and regulators.
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 5% CAGR over 2y
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FEEDZAI UK LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops AI-based software platform for banks and payment providers to detect and prevent fraud and financial crime. Provides transaction monitoring, identity verification, anti‑money‑laundering…
Serves B2B financial institutions and the public sector, including retail banks, corporate and commercial banks, merchant acquirers, payment service providers, core banking providers, and government…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 96% CAGR over 4y
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Thetaray Private Limited
Trajectory
1y · 2025–NowDevelops AI-based software for financial crime compliance, including anti‑money laundering (AML) transaction monitoring, sanctions and customer screening, and customer risk assessment. Provides…
Serves banks, fintechs and other financial institutions, targeting AML, compliance and risk teams responsible for financial crime controls and customer risk management.
Financial Health
Insufficient historyInsufficient history
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SMARTKYC LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops AI-based software for automating know‑your‑customer (KYC) and anti‑money laundering (AML) due diligence. The platform performs background checks on individuals and companies, adverse media…
Sells to B2B compliance and risk teams at private, corporate, investment and retail banks, wealth managers, compliance advisory firms and multinational corporations with large or international…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · 0% CAGR over 2y
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Focusync (UK) Ltd
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops software for banks to automate regulatory reporting. The platform integrates source systems, validates and stores data, and generates regulatory, risk and liquidity reports, dashboards and…
Sells to B2B financial institutions, particularly banks needing UK regulatory reporting, risk, liquidity and statistical reporting. Serves compliance, finance, treasury and risk teams seeking…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 15% CAGR over 5y
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Trajectory
4y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsDevelops regulatory technology software for financial institutions and regulators. Provides platforms for regulatory reporting, data standardisation, and compliance management, helping banks collect,…
Serves banks, financial institutions and regulatory authorities, targeting compliance, risk, finance and regulatory reporting teams responsible for regulatory change.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 18% CAGR over 3y
Location
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides cloud-based compliance management software for regulated firms, offering tools for compliance monitoring, employee declarations and approvals, regulatory training, and client and operational…
Serves regulated financial services firms, especially asset and investment managers, targeting compliance teams, management and staff responsible for monitoring, employee declarations, training and…
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · -86% CAGR over 2y
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CUBE INTELLIGENCE LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops regulatory technology software that automates regulatory intelligence and compliance management. Platform uses AI to track global regulations, map obligations, and support regulatory change…
Serves B2B enterprise and mid-market financial services firms, including banking, insurance, asset and investment management, payments and related sectors, targeting compliance leaders plus risk and…
Financial Health
DistressedDistressed · -16% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides cloud‑based software for managing individual regulatory compliance in financial services. The platform supports regimes such as SMCR, BEAR and SEAR, enabling organisations to track…
Serves global financial services organisations, especially banks and regulated firms, targeting compliance, governance, accountability and risk teams responsible for SMCR, SEAR, BEAR, IAF, IAC and…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 4% CAGR over 4y
Location
Develops regulatory reporting and compliance software platforms for financial institutions, regulators and tax authorities. Provides tools for data collection, validation, risk and finance reporting,…
Serves financial regulators, tax authorities and international organisations, as well as compliance, risk and finance teams at regulated financial-sector firms including banks, broker-dealers,…
Location
Finrege Limited
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsDevelops regulatory compliance software for financial institutions and regulators. Platform provides tools for regulatory horizon scanning, change management, policy and control mapping, compliance…
Serves regulators, government bodies and global financial institutions, including banking and asset/investment management firms, targeting compliance, risk, policy and regulatory change teams.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 41% CAGR over 4y
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TAINA Technology Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops regulatory technology software that automates validation and processing of FATCA and CRS tax forms. Platform uses OCR and rule‑based checks to digitise forms, cross‑check data with records…
Sells to businesses in financial services, especially established and digital financial institutions, asset managers, fund administrators, qualified intermediaries, accounts payable teams, and crypto…
Financial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 12% CAGR over 2y
Location
AML ANALYTICS LTD
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides RegTech and SupTech software and analytics for testing and validating sanctions screening and transaction monitoring systems. Offers benchmarking, risk analysis, and assurance testing tools…
Serves regulators, supervisors, central banks and governments, plus traditional and non-traditional financial institutions including banks, insurers and virtual currency exchanges worldwide.
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 15% CAGR over 3y
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ZENOO LTD
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides a software platform for digital customer onboarding and compliance. Offers AI‑driven KYC, KYB and AML verification, identity document checks, risk scoring, monitoring, and workflow…
Serves compliance, risk, product and onboarding teams at regulated businesses, including fintech, banking, crypto, wealth and asset management, gambling, telecoms, legal services and luxury sectors.
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
Develops software applications for capital markets firms to manage trading and corporate risk, including tools for trading limits management, real-time market risk analysis, risk registers, and…
Sells to B2B capital markets organisations, including firms managing trading risk and corporate risk. Targets risk, compliance and surveillance teams needing tools for trading limits, market risk,…
Location
FOURTHLINE LIMITED
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides identity verification and fraud detection software for banks, fintechs and online platforms. Offers automated KYC onboarding, AML screening, document verification, ongoing monitoring and…
Serves banks, neobanks, neobrokers, embedded finance providers, marketplaces and mobility platforms in Europe, targeting compliance, risk and onboarding teams.
Financial Health
StableStable · -36% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
2y · 2024–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsProvides software platform for real-time business identity verification and compliance automation, using data integrations and AI agents to support KYC checks, onboarding, monitoring, and risk…
Sells to B2B compliance, risk, operations and product teams at banks, payments companies, lenders and marketplaces that onboard and verify businesses, including firms scaling across multiple markets.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 100% CAGR over 1y
Location
ALMIS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops software for banks and financial institutions to manage asset‑liability positions, treasury operations, regulatory reporting and hedge accounting. Provides cloud‑based analytics platforms,…
Serves banks and other financial institutions, particularly treasury, asset-liability management, risk, regulatory reporting and finance teams.
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 5% CAGR over 2y
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides risk intelligence software and services for third-party risk management, enhanced due diligence, and KYC/customer screening. Uses open-source intelligence, adverse media and social media…
Serves risk, compliance, procurement and HR teams at regulated businesses, especially financial services, needing third-party, customer, executive and integrity checks for onboarding, vendor…
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · -70% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2020–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides workflow automation and operations management software for financial institutions. Platform integrates data and systems, enabling no‑code workflow design, compliance processes, KYC and…
Serves B2B financial institutions, including credit unions and banks, targeting operations, compliance, audit and reporting teams managing regulated workflows and KYC/suspicious transaction processes.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing · 0% CAGR over 4y
Location
Trajectory
4y · 2022–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 4 filingsProvides digital identity verification and electronic signature authentication software for businesses. Platform supports remote ID checks, liveness and document validation, KYC/KYB and AML…
Serves businesses, especially regulated firms, that need remote customer onboarding, due diligence, e-signature authentication and KYC/KYB/AML compliance for individuals and organisations.
Financial Health
StrongStrong
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides cloud-based software and APIs that help banks and fintechs implement Open Banking services and regulatory compliance. Offers tools including dedicated Open Banking APIs, directories,…
Sells B2B to banks, fintechs and other financial institutions, including global and UK/EU firms, typically teams responsible for Open Banking, payments compliance, account verification and core…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 3% CAGR over 4y
Location
Fingerprint Compliance Services Ltd
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsProvides a communications compliance and surveillance platform for regulated financial firms. Software monitors employee and client communications across messaging and voice channels, using…
Serves regulated financial firms, principal firms and regulatory hosts, targeting compliance and risk teams overseeing employees, clients, appointed representatives and secondees.
Financial Health
HealthyHealthy · Hiring · 10% CAGR over 2y
Location
Trajectory
2y · 2025–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 2 filingsDevelops payment intelligence software for banks that analyses transactions in real time to detect scams and fraud. Provides recipient verification, risk scoring and investigation tools to help…
Serves banks and financial institutions, particularly fraud prevention, payments, operations and investigation teams responsible for real-time payment journeys and APP scam risk.
Financial Health
StableStable · Hiring · 133% CAGR over 1y
Location
Shield Financial Compliance (UK) Limited
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops compliance software for financial services that archives, analyses and monitors electronic communications. The platform uses AI to detect risk, support eDiscovery, manage records, and…
Serves compliance, surveillance, eDiscovery, control room and technology teams at banks, financial services firms and trading organizations, including tier 1 and large multinational institutions.
Financial Health
WeakWeak · Hiring · 12% CAGR over 2y
Location
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops software platforms for managing financial products, including tools for product lifecycle management, governance, monitoring and documentation. Provides systems such as KorePRM and WikiKore…
Serves B2B financial services organisations and teams managing financial products, including product managers, compliance, legal, risk, operations, senior managers and client-facing teams.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Growing, Hiring · 26% CAGR over 2y
Location
Trajectory
5y · 2021–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 5 filingsProvides digital identity and age verification services using Open Banking data. Offers APIs for customer onboarding, KYC checks, e‑signing authentication, direct debit setup, and pre‑employment or…
Serves UK businesses needing online identity or age checks, including financial services KYC teams, eCommerce and gaming operators, employers, landlords, e-signing providers and platforms subject to…
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 7% CAGR over 5y
Location
BIOCATCH (EMEA) LIMITED
Trajectory
3y · 2023–NowFinancial sub-scores
Computed from 3 filingsDevelops behavioural biometrics and analytics software used by banks and financial institutions to detect fraud and financial crime in digital channels, including account takeover, mule accounts,…
Sells to banks and financial institutions, targeting fraud management, anti-money laundering, risk, compliance, and digital banking teams responsible for preventing online fraud and financial crime.
Financial Health
StrongStrong · Hiring · 221% CAGR over 2y
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How UK RegTech companies work and how to sell to them
What they do
Most RegTech suppliers earn revenue through annual software subscriptions, usually with implementation, configuration and support charged alongside the licence. Pricing often follows regulated entities, users, monitored transactions, identity checks, policies, workflows or reporting modules, depending on whether the product sits in financial crime, risk management, governance or regulatory reporting. The service shape is usually cloud software with integrations into customer systems, plus enough advisory and onboarding work to map rules, controls and evidence trails. Smaller vendors may still sell pilots or departmental deployments, while more mature firms try to move towards multi-year contracts tied to operational risk and compliance budgets.
Who they sell to
Typical customers are banks, lenders, insurers, payments firms, wealth managers, asset managers and financial-services software providers that need to evidence controls to boards, auditors and regulators. Decision-makers tend to include chief compliance officers, heads of financial crime, MLROs, risk directors, CTOs, product leaders and internal audit teams, with procurement and legal joining once information security and liability are tested. Smaller deals may start through direct sales into one compliance function; larger institutions usually require vendor due diligence, security review, pilot evidence and sometimes an RFP. Sales cycles are often measured in months, because the buyer is purchasing operational trust as much as software.
What they buy
Most RegTech firms tend to spend on cloud hosting, data infrastructure, information security, observability, customer support tooling, CRM, billing, analytics and product-management software. Vendors handling identity, monitoring or reporting workflows also buy data feeds, integration tooling, testing services, penetration testing, legal advice and assurance support, because customer diligence commonly asks for evidence before contracts move. Hiring spend is often concentrated in product engineering, compliance subject-matter expertise, implementation, customer success and enterprise sales. Marketing budgets are usually more targeted than broad consumer acquisition, with account-based campaigns, events, analyst relations and technical content used to reach risk and compliance buyers inside regulated institutions.
Why and how to sell to them
RegTech firms tend to evaluate suppliers when enterprise demand starts to expose gaps in security evidence, implementation capacity, uptime monitoring, sales operations or product governance. Funding, senior hires, entry into a new regulated vertical, a new AI-assisted workflow, or a change in FCA emphasis can all create a buying window. Outbound works better when it recognises the drag caused by procurement questionnaires, audit trails and integration work, rather than pitching generic growth. Useful angles include shortening due-diligence cycles, producing cleaner customer evidence, reducing manual onboarding effort, supporting model oversight, or helping regulated customers prove who changed what, when and why.
How this list is built
Data sources
This list is built from UK Companies House filings, XBRL accounts data, and semantic analysis of each company's public website. Revenue and headcount figures come from the most recent filed accounts; where the company has not filed, values are estimated using a model trained on filed history and peer benchmarks and are labelled as estimates.
Classification
Rather than relying solely on SIC codes, Firmbase classifies each company semantically: the company's website is crawled, an AI model reads what the company actually sells, and the company is placed into the relevant industry and subsectors. SIC codes are used as one signal but not the only one. This means a company that registered under a generic SIC code but pivoted into (for example) fintech is correctly identified as fintech, not as its original SIC category.
Freshness
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