On the register, but not FCA authorised
This firm is registered with the FCA for anti-money-laundering checks only, which is why it appears on the register. That is not authorisation: the FCA does not oversee how it treats customers, and FSCS protection does not apply.
This is the company's money-laundering registration only. It separately holds full FCA authorisation under FRN 724361 →.
What does this mean?
- Some businesses are required by law to have an anti-money-laundering supervisor. For this kind of business that supervisor is the FCA, and the registration is the only reason the firm appears on the FCA register.
- What the FCA checks is narrow: that the firm identifies its customers, keeps records, and reports suspicious activity. It is the anti-crime paperwork behind a bank asking you for ID.
- It does not check anything about you as a customer. Not whether the firm treats you fairly, not whether it is financially sound, not whether what it sells is any good. The FCA describes firms registered this way as “not authorised or subject to wider FCA regulation”.
- So if the firm fails or treats you badly, there is no FSCS compensation, and the Financial Ombudsman Service usually cannot look at a complaint about unregulated business.
This company holds another FCA record
A company can hold several FCA records, covering different parts of its business, and each one carries its own permissions and protection. The reference number you were given decides which record applies to you.
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
Crosses Farm, Shaw Brow, Whittle-le-Woods, Chorley, PR6 7HG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01257 232224 is
- Who else gives the postcode PR6 7HG
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Kingsley Finance Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Past FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Money-laundering registration onlyThis firm is registered for anti-money-laundering supervision only. It is not FCA-authorised. Money you hand over is not protected by the FSCS, and the Financial Ombudsman Service may not be able to consider a complaint about unregulated business.
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
- 03957532 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 28 March 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- Crosses Farm Shaw Brow, Whittle-Le-Woods, Chorley, PR6 7HG, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial leasing (SIC 64910)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Ormisher | Director | Jun 1955 | 28 Mar 2000 | 14 other companies |
| Jonathan Charles Smith | Director | Oct 1969 | 28 Mar 2000 | 8 other companies |
| Peter Anthony Farrington | Director | Jun 1968 | 24 Jul 2025 | 7 other companies |
| Lee James Knight | Secretary | Not published | 11 Oct 2006 | – |
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
- 20
- closed down
- 8
- run together
- 6
In the full report: all 20 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 3 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 6 companies these 3 directors run together
- All 6 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£4.30m
+8.7% from £3.96m
Cash at bank
£523k
+74% from £300k
Employees (average)
12
Same as 12
Owed within a year
£14.4m
+27% from £11.4m
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2026
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
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 03957532. 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
Kingsley Asset Finance’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
24 July 2025
- James Anthony Farrington stopped being a part-owner
- Peter Anthony Farrington became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Catherine Jane Ormisher became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- James Anthony Farrington became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Kingsley Finance Limited took control (75–100% of votes)
- Richard Ormisher became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2014
19 November 2014
- Registered with the FCA
FCA register
2000
28 March 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 16 events
- All 16 events in its history (8 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 7
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk