Summary
Plus500 is a London-listed group with audited accounts and seventeen licences, including the UK, Cyprus and Australia. Its weaknesses are offshore entities outside the main protection regimes and an older enforcement record, more than eight years old, which is recorded but not scored.
- Grade
- AA
- Score
- 80/100
- Fieldwork
- 1 Oct 2026 to 2 Oct 2026
- Findings
- 2 medium3 strength
Scorecard
| Pillar | Weight | Score | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Regulation & Licensing | 19% | AA | |
| Corporate Structure & Ownership | 14% | AAA | |
| Client Money & Payouts | 19% | A | |
| Execution & Pricing | n/a | ||
| Conduct & Disclosure | 14% | AA | |
| Operational Resilience | n/a | ||
| People & Community | 5% | C | |
| Overall | 71% | 80 | AA |
The overall score is the weighted average of the assessed pillars, with their weights scaled back up to 100.
Findings
Regulation & Licensing
82/100The CySEC licence was confirmed on the register. The group reports seventeen licences, including entities in the Seychelles and the Bahamas.
- StrengthPlus500CY Ltd holds CySEC licence 250/14, issued 10 October 2014.
- StrengthThe group reports operating licences in sixteen jurisdictions, including the UK, Cyprus, Australia, Singapore, the US and Japan.
- MediumThe group also licenses entities in the Seychelles (Plus500SEY Ltd, FSA licence SD039) and the Bahamas, outside the main retail protection regimes.
Corporate Structure & Ownership
92/100Plus500 Ltd is listed on the London Stock Exchange and publishes audited annual reports, most recently for 2025.
- StrengthAudited annual report for the year to 31 December 2025, submitted to the FCA’s National Storage Mechanism.
Client Money & Payouts
78/100UK clients are covered by the FSCS and EU clients by CySEC’s Investor Compensation Fund. Clients of the offshore entities have no equivalent scheme.
- MediumClients of Plus500SEY Ltd and the Bahamas entity fall outside any investor compensation scheme.
Execution & Pricing
Not assessed in a desk audit. Spreads, slippage and fill quality can only be measured with live accounts.
Conduct & Disclosure
86/100No enforcement action within the last eight years was found. Two older UK actions are on the record; they are recorded but not scored.
- ObservationIn October 2012 the FSA fined Plus500UK Ltd £205,128 for transaction reporting failures between June 2010 and November 2011.
- ObservationIn 2015, following an FCA-required skilled person review of its anti-money-laundering controls, Plus500UK agreed to suspend client transactions pending additional documentation and paused new client onboarding.
Operational Resilience
Not assessed in a desk audit. Uptime, incident history and security controls require evidence from the firm or live monitoring.
People & Community
30/100No Great Place to Work certification was found. Plus500’s audited 2025 annual report describes monetary and in-kind donations to local communities and employee volunteering, without naming amounts.
- ObservationNo Great Place to Work certification was found in Great Place to Work’s public listings.
- ObservationCommunity donations and volunteering are described in the audited 2025 annual report.
Licences verified
Each licence was checked directly against the regulator's public register on the date shown.
| Entity | Regulator | Licence | Checked | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plus500CY Ltd | CySEC | 250/14 | 2 Oct 2026 | Confirmed |
Notes and sources
Evidence and scope
Scope
Desk audit of the group’s client-facing entities, using public sources only: regulator registers and announcements, court and stock-exchange filings, and the firm’s own published documents, as available on 2 October 2026. No accounts were opened, nothing was tested live, and the firm was not asked for evidence.
Limitations
Absence of a public enforcement record is not evidence of good conduct. FCA and ASIC licence details are taken from the firm’s disclosures; the FCA and ASIC registers could not be queried directly for this audit and should be checked before publication.
Evidence reviewed
- CySEC register entry, Plus500CY Ltd
- Plus500 Ltd 2025 Annual Report
- FSA Final Notice to Plus500UK Limited, 2012
- Plus500 Ltd RNS, 22 May 2015
- Plus500 disclosures on its subsidiaries
Version history
- Report published.
- Methodology update: enforcement older than eight years is recorded but no longer scored, applied to all audits.
- Methodology update: People & Community pillar added (workplace certification and community contribution, from public sources), applied to all audits.
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