Kelsey Publishing Limited

Reference number: 739559

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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.

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.
  • Kelsey Publishing Limited (FRN 739559) introduces customers to Kingfisher Insurance Services Limited (FRN 310218). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Kelsey Publishing.
  • Example: if Kelsey Publishing refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Kelsey Publishing 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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In the full report: 3 background checks

  • When kelsey.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01959 541444 is
  • Who else gives the postcode ME18 6AL
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Other names (2)

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

  • Kelsey Media Trading name: A name it trades under now.
  • Volksworld Insurance Trading name: A name it trades under now.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Kingfisher 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.

Companies House record

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

Company status
Active
Company type
Private limited company
Incorporated
19 May 1989 (37 years old)
Registered office
The Granary Yalding Hill, Yalding, Maidstone, ME18 6AL, England
Nature of business
  • Book publishing (SIC 58110)
  • Publishing of consumer and business journals and periodicals (SIC 58142)
  • Other amusement and recreation activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 93290)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Stephen Wright Director Apr 1969 29 Sep 2003 3 other companies

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
3
closed down
1
still active
2

In the full report: all 3 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 15 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 October 2024Full accountsAudited

Profit before tax

£1.18m

+79% from £661k

Net assets

£3.38m

−2.8% from £3.47m

Cash at bank

£2.11m

+32% from £1.60m

Employees (average)

134

−14% from 155

The accounts for the year to 31 October 2024 do not tag turnover in a form that can be read automatically, so it is not shown. The last tagged figure is £28.2m, for the year to 31 October 2022.

Profit before tax

In the full report: all 5 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2020 to 2024
  • Both charts, over every year
  • Every filed figure, year by year
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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.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 02387149. 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

Kelsey Publishing’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2016

6 April 2016

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

Companies House

8 March 2016

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

1989

19 May 1989

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 32 events

  • All 32 events in its history (3 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 26
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Firms like Kelsey Publishing

Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.

In Maidstone

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  • 3 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 5 years of accounts, charted
  • All 32 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Kelsey Publishing Limited FCA authorised?
Kelsey Publishing Limited (FRN 739559) 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 Kelsey Publishing?
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. Kelsey Publishing Limited (FRN 739559) introduces customers to Kingfisher Insurance Services Limited (FRN 310218). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Kelsey Publishing. Example: if Kelsey Publishing refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Kelsey Publishing 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 Kelsey Publishing’s phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01959 541444 and the website kelsey.co.uk for Kelsey Publishing. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Kelsey Publishing a scam or clone?
Kelsey Publishing is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.
Is my money safe with Kelsey Publishing?
Protection works through Kingfisher Insurance Services Limited, the principal firm responsible for Kelsey Publishing's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Kelsey Publishing?
Kelsey Publishing is owned by Kelsey Media Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, since 6 April 2016.
Who runs Kelsey Publishing?
Companies House lists one director of Kelsey Publishing: Stephen Wright.
How long has Kelsey Publishing been in business?
The company was formed on 19 May 1989.
What do Kelsey Publishing’s latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 October 2024, show profit before tax of £1.18m (+79% from £661k) and net assets of £3.38m (−2.8% from £3.47m).
Does Kelsey Publishing use any other names?
It trades as Kelsey Media and Volksworld Insurance.

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