The Martins Independent Funeral Directors Limited
Reference number: 982763
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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 4 years
- Protected through the principal
- No FCA actions
- Active company since 2001
- Accounts filed up to 24 September 2025
- One of its directors is also a director of a firm that is no longer authorised
- Its whole board of directors changed in September 2025
Responsible principal firm
Alternative Planning Company Limited Reference number: 965282 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.
- THE MARTINS INDEPENDENT FUNERAL DIRECTORS LIMITED (FRN 982763) is an AR of Alternative Planning Company Limited (FRN 965282). When you use THE MARTINS INDEPENDENT FUNERAL DIRECTORS's services, the FCA authorisation sits with the principal firm.
- Example: if you take financial advice from THE MARTINS INDEPENDENT FUNERAL DIRECTORS, 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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Phone number
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Address
38-40 Broadfield Barton, Crawley, West Sussex, RH11 9BA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When themartinsfuneraldirectors.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01293 552345 is
- Who else gives the postcode RH11 9BA
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- The Martins Funeral Directors Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Protection through the principal firmProtection works through Alternative Planning Company 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
- 04182404 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 19 March 2001 (25 years old)
- Registered office
- Cumberland Court, 80 Mount Street, Nottingham, NG1 6HH, England
- Nature of business
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- Funeral and related activities (SIC 96030)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Hector Fraser | Director | Oct 1971 | 24 Sep 2025 | 146 other companies |
| Samuel Patrick Donald Kershaw | Director | Apr 1963 | 24 Sep 2025 | 139 other companies |
| Andrew Hector Fraser | Secretary | Not published | 24 Sep 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 165
- closed down
- 16
- are FCA-registered
- 4
In the full report: all 165 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 4 on the FCA register, including one no longer authorised
- The 120 companies these 2 directors run together
- All 10 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£520k
−27% from £710k
Cash at bank
£36.6k
+8.2% from £33.8k
Employees (average)
5
−17% from 6
Owed within a year
£182k
+46% from £125k
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 04182404. 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
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
24 September 2025
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
- Alex Jones Funeral Directors Ltd gave up control
- Funeral Partners Limited took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2022
7 September 2022
- Became an appointed representative
FCA register
2017
23 November 2017
- Board replaced: all 3 directors left and 2 new directors took over
- Deborah Stone no longer has significant control
- Jennifer Martin stopped being a part-owner
- Julie Denise Jones no longer has significant control
- Peter Martin stopped being a part-owner
Companies House
22 November 2017
- Alex Jones Funeral Directors Ltd took control (75–100% of shares)
Companies House
2016
1 July 2016
- Deborah Stone gained significant control
- Jennifer Martin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Julie Denise Jones gained significant control
- Peter Martin became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2003
14 February 2003
- Board replaced: both directors left and 2 new directors took over
Companies House
2001
19 March 2001
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 33 events
- All 33 events in its history (16 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 16
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 4
- no longer authorised
- 1
- share a director
- 4
In the full report: all 4 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (4)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (funeral director), nearest first.
In Crawley
In the Redhill (RH) postcode area
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- 165 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 33 events in its history
- 4 connected firms, named, and who links them
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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