Kandap (Leicester) Limited
Reference number: 1017573
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Introducer appointed representative
This firm can only introduce you to its principal, and cannot give financial advice, recommend products, or arrange deals alone.
- Appointed for 2 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2022
- Accounts filed up to 31 July 2025
- Its whole board of directors changed in March 2025
- On its latest accounts it owed £3,301 more than it owned
Responsible principal firm
Switcha Limited Reference number: 828963 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.
- KANDAP (LEICESTER) LIMITED (FRN 1017573) introduces customers to Switcha Limited (FRN 828963). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not KANDAP (LEICESTER).
- Example: if KANDAP (LEICESTER) refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from KANDAP (LEICESTER) 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
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Phone number
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Address
3 Blisworth Road, Gayton, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN7 3EY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When kandap-leicester.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0116 380 0134 is
- Who else gives the postcode NN7 3EY
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Switcha 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, freeYou 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.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 14249150 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 21 July 2022 (4 years old)
- Registered office
- 3 Blisworth Road Gayton, Northampton, Northampton, NN7 3EY, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Advertising agencies (SIC 73110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Leslie Compton James | Director | Nov 1961 | 3 Dec 2025 | 7 other companies |
| John James | Secretary | Not published | 21 Jul 2022 | – |
Other companies run by its director
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
- 7
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 5
In the full report: all 7 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of its director sits on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£3,301
Down £2,350 from −£951
Cash at bank
£6,554
+151% from £2,611
Employees (average)
2
Same as 2
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £3,301 more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 14249150. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Kandap (Leicester)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
25 November 2025
- John Leslie Compton James took control (75–100% of shares)
- Ratanna James gave up control
Companies House
13 March 2025
- Ratanna James took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
12 March 2025
- John James gave up control
Companies House
7 March 2025
- Board replaced: its only director left and a new director took over
Companies House
2024
5 August 2024
- Became an introducer appointed representative
FCA register
2022
21 July 2022
- Incorporated at Companies House
- John James took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 13 events
- All 13 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 5
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- All 13 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk