Appointed representative
This firm does not hold FCA authorisation of its own, and acts under a principal firm, which is legally responsible for its regulated business.
- Appointed for 1 year
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2024
- Accounts filed up to 30 September 2025
Responsible principal firm
HL Partnership Limited Reference number: 303397 View firm →What does this mean?
- An appointed representative (AR) can carry out regulated financial services, but is not directly authorised by the FCA. A principal firm holds the authorisation and is legally responsible for the AR's conduct.
- Kent Financial Ltd (FRN 1042824) is an AR of HL Partnership Limited (FRN 303397). When you use Kent Financial's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from Kent Financial, complaints and compensation usually follow the same rules as dealing with the principal, but this depends on the product and your circumstances.
- 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.
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No website on the FCA register
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Phone number
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Address
Suite 18, 20 Churchill Square, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent, ME19 4YU, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 07377 747756 is
- Who else gives the postcode ME19 4YU
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through HL Partnership 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
- 15949958 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 11 September 2024 (2 years old)
- Registered office
- Suite 18 20 Churchill Square, Kings Hill, West Malling, ME19 4YU, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of mortgage finance companies (SIC 64922)
- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
- Activities of insurance agents and brokers (SIC 66220)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Robert Hunt | Director | Apr 1988 | 11 Sep 2024 | None |
| Elliot Gregory Booker-Keep | Director | Mar 1987 | 31 May 2025 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that these 2 directors run no other company
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£1
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£1
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These accounts were filed as dormant: the company reported no significant trading in the period.
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 15949958. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Kent Financial’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
10 September 2026
- Elliot Gregory Booker Keep became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2025
9 October 2025
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2024
11 September 2024
- Incorporated at Companies House
- Thomas Robert Hunt took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
In the full report: all 7 events
- All 7 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 2
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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