Melrose Stores Limited

Reference number: 991056

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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.
  • Melrose Stores Limited (FRN 991056) introduces customers to Credo Capital Finance Limited (FRN 670362). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Melrose Stores.
  • Example: if Melrose Stores refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Melrose Stores 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 thefamilyparksgroup.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
  • What kind of line 01485 542499 is
  • Who else gives the postcode PE31 7RB
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Other names (2)

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

  • Snettisham Caravan Park Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
  • Snettisham Holiday Park Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.

FCA permissions and consumer protection

  • Protection through the principal firm
    Protection works through Credo Capital Finance 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
27 August 1964 (62 years old)
Registered office
23 St Leonards Road, Bexhill-On-Sea, East Sussex, TN40 1HH, United Kingdom
Nature of business
  • Other holiday and other collective accommodation (SIC 55209)
  • Recreational vehicle parks, trailer parks and camping grounds (SIC 55300)

Directors and company secretaries

Name Role Born Appointed Other companies
Donna Marie Bull Director Oct 1975 16 Nov 2022 26 other companies
Raymond Grant Director Jan 1975 7 Dec 2022 8 other companies
Ian Norman Smith Director Apr 1964 13 Mar 2023 9 other companies

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
32
closed down
17
are FCA-registered
5

In the full report: all 32 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 5 on the FCA register
  • The 7 companies these 3 directors run together
  • All 7 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
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Filed accounts and finances

Year to 31 January 2026Small company accountsAudited

Net assets

£1.66m

+83% from £907k

Cash at bank

£11.9k

+8.7% from £10.9k

Employees (average)

2

−33% from 3

Owed within a year

£454k

−51% from £935k

Assets and liabilities

In the full report: all 7 years of accounts

  • Every year from 2019 to 2026
  • The chart, 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.

There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.

Accounts filed at Companies House for company 00817389. 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

Melrose Stores’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

2023

2 February 2023

  • Became an introducer appointed representative

FCA register

2022

16 November 2022

  • Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
  • Hop Farm Real Estate Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
  • John Clifford Roser stopped being the majority owner

Companies House

2017

23 January 2017

  • John Clifford Roser became the majority owner (50–75% of shares)

Companies House

1964

27 August 1964

  • Incorporated at Companies House

Companies House

In the full report: all 18 events

  • All 18 events in its history (6 shown here)
  • Every director appointment and resignation: 8
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Firms connected to Melrose Stores

Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Melrose Stores. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.

connected firms
3
share a director
3
past links
2

In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named

  • How each is linked: shared directors (3)
  • Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
  • 2 past links through former directors
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Firms like Melrose Stores

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

In King's Lynn

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  • 32 other companies its directors have run, named
  • 3 background checks on its contact details
  • 7 years of accounts, charted
  • All 18 events in its history
  • 3 connected firms, named, and who links them

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Melrose Stores Limited FCA authorised?
Melrose Stores Limited (FRN 991056) 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 Melrose Stores?
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. Melrose Stores Limited (FRN 991056) introduces customers to Credo Capital Finance Limited (FRN 670362). Any regulated advice or arranging is done by the principal, not Melrose Stores. Example: if Melrose Stores refers you to a financial adviser, the advice should come from the principal firm, not from Melrose Stores 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 Melrose Stores’ phone number and website?
The FCA register lists the phone number 01485 542499 and the website thefamilyparksgroup.co.uk for Melrose Stores. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.
Is Melrose Stores a scam or clone?
Melrose Stores 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 Melrose Stores?
Protection works through Credo Capital Finance Limited, the principal firm responsible for Melrose Stores's regulated activity. FSCS cover and the Financial Ombudsman Service apply as they would to the principal.
Who owns Melrose Stores?
Melrose Stores is owned by Hop Farm Real Estate Limited, which holds 75–100% of shares, 75–100% of votes and can appoint and remove the board, since 16 November 2022. Before that, it was controlled by Mr John Clifford Roser.
Who runs Melrose Stores?
Companies House lists 3 directors of Melrose Stores: Donna Marie Bull, Raymond Grant and Ian Norman Smith.
How long has Melrose Stores been in business?
The company was formed on 27 August 1964.
What do Melrose Stores’ latest accounts show?
Its latest accounts, to 31 January 2026, show net assets of £1.66m (+83% from £907k) and cash at bank of £11.9k (+8.7% from £10.9k).
Does Melrose Stores use any other names?
It has previously used 2 other names: Snettisham Caravan Park and Snettisham Holiday Park.

Sources and links

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