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 13 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2011
- Accounts filed up to 30 November 2025
Responsible principal firm
Rush Insurance Services Limited Reference number: 714385 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.
- South Elmsall Travel (FRN 602301) is an AR of Rush Insurance Services Limited (FRN 714385). When you use South Elmsall Travel's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from South Elmsall Travel, 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
137B Barnsley Road, South Elmsall, Pontefract, West Yorkshire, WF9 2AE, United Kingdom
In the full report: 2 background checks
- What kind of line 01977 645434 is
- Who else gives the postcode WF9 2AE
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- South Emsall Travel Former name: A name it was registered under before.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Rush 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, 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 name
- SOUTH ELMSALL TRAVEL LTD
- Company number
- 07867539 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 1 December 2011 (14 years old)
- Registered office
- 137 Churchbalk Lane, Pontefract, WF8 2RH, England
- Nature of business
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- Travel agency activities (SIC 79110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Miles Shepherd | Director | Nov 1973 | 1 Dec 2011 | None |
In the full report: every company its directors have run
- Confirmation that its director runs no other company
- All 5 people who have been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£24.8k
+34% from £18.6k
Employees (average)
6
Same as 6
Owed within a year
£23.2k
+52% from £15.2k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- 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 07867539. 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
South Elmsall Travel’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
2 September 2023
- Catherine Mary Shepherd stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
2017
19 September 2017
- Changed its registered name from "South Emsall Travel"
FCA register
2016
1 November 2016
- Catherine Mary Shepherd became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- David Miles Shepherd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2013
6 June 2013
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2011
1 December 2011
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 17 events
- All 17 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 11
Firms like South Elmsall Travel
Other firms of the same type (insurance broker), nearest first.
In Pontefract
In the Wakefield (WF) postcode area
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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