Associated Newspapers Limited

Reference number: 591724

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Scammers have impersonated this firm. The FCA has published 1 warning naming the fake phone numbers, emails and websites they used. See the warnings →

Introducer appointed representative

This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.

Responsible principal firm

ALLCLEAR INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED Reference number: 311244 Authorised View firm →
What does this mean?
  • An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own.
  • Associated Newspapers Limited (FRN 591724) introduces customers to ALLCLEAR INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 311244). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Associated Newspapers.
  • Example: if Associated Newspapers refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Associated Newspapers itself.
  • Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.

Website, phone number and address

Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.

In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When mailfinance.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 07768 577980 is
  • Who else gives the postcode W8 5HY
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Other names (19)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

  • Daily Mail Trading name
  • Daily Mail.co.uk Trading name
  • Event Magazine Trading name
  • iFinance Trading name
  • iMoney Solutions Trading name
  • Inewsfinance.co.uk Trading name
  • Mail Finance Trading name
  • Mail online Trading name
  • Mail Plus Trading name
  • Mail Rewards Trading name
  • Metro Trading name
  • Metro.co.uk Trading name
  • Metro Finance Trading name
  • Metromoney.co.uk Trading name
  • MyMail Trading name
  • The Mail on Sunday Trading name
  • This is Money Trading name
  • Weekend Magazine Trading name
  • You Magazine Trading name

Warning

Scammers have impersonated this firm

Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.

The FCA warning these came from

Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Allclear Insurance Services Limited, the principal firm responsible for this firm's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
  • Complaints Ombudsman, free
    You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.

FCA disciplinary action and complaints

No FCA disciplinary action.

The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.

The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.

Companies House record

The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.

Company number
00084121
Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
1 April 1905 (121 years old)
Registered office
Northcliffe House, 9 Derry Street, London, W8 5HY, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Publishing of newspapers (SIC 58130)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
The Fourth Viscount Rothermere Director Dec 1967 23 Dec 1997 34 other companies
James Justin Siderfin Welsh Director Jun 1967 17 Nov 2021 28 other companies
Daniel Groom Director Nov 1967 4 Feb 2025 1 other company
Frances Louise Sallas Secretary Not published 1 Jul 2010 –

Other companies run by these 3 directors

A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.

other companies
58
closed down
29
went insolvent
1

In the full report: all 58 companies, named

  • What each company does, and whether it is still trading
  • Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
  • The one that went into liquidation or administration
  • The 5 companies these 3 directors run together
  • All 43 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Key dates in its history

Associated Newspapers’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (4) All events (95)

2022

22 April 2022

  • FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm

FCA warning list

2016

6 April 2016

  • Dmg Media Limited took control (75–100% of shares)

Companies House

2012

21 November 2012

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

1905

1 April 1905

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 95 events

  • All 95 events in its history (4 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 72
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  • 58 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • All 95 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Associated Newspapers Limited FCA authorised?
Associated Newspapers Limited (FRN 591724) is not directly authorised. It is an appointed representative acting under the responsibility of a directly authorised principal firm.
What does introducer appointed representative mean for Associated Newspapers?
An introducer appointed representative can only pass your details to its principal firm. It cannot recommend products, give financial advice, or arrange deals on its own. Associated Newspapers Limited (FRN 591724) introduces customers to ALLCLEAR INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED (FRN 311244). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Associated Newspapers. Example: if Associated Newspapers refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Associated Newspapers itself. Before you proceed, confirm contact details match the official FCA register for both firms. Scammers sometimes clone legitimate AR names and FRNs but use fake phone numbers and websites.
What is Associated Newspapers’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 07768 577980 and the website mailfinance.co.uk for Associated Newspapers. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Associated Newspapers a scam or clone?
Scammers have impersonated Associated Newspapers: the FCA has published a warning about fake versions of it, using contact details that are not the firm's. Only trust the details the FCA register gives for Associated Newspapers, shown on this page.
Is my money safe with Associated Newspapers?
Protection works through Allclear Insurance Services Limited, the principal firm responsible for Associated Newspapers's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Associated Newspapers?
Associated Newspapers is owned by Dmg Media Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 6 April 2016.
Who runs Associated Newspapers?
Companies House lists 3 directors of Associated Newspapers: The Fourth Viscount Rothermere, James Justin Siderfin Welsh and Daniel Groom.
How long has Associated Newspapers been in business?
The company was formed on 1 April 1905.
Does Associated Newspapers use any other names?
It trades as Daily Mail, Daily Mail.co.uk, Event Magazine, iFinance and iMoney Solutions, and 14 more names.

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