Range holder · Chelmsford

UK Number Store Limited in Chelmsford

01245 numbering ranges allocated by Ofcom

About UK Number Store Limited’s Chelmsford allocation

When UK Number Store Limited is the range holder for +44 1245 it means Ofcom recorded UK Number Store Limited as the provider entitled to issue numbers from these blocks when they were first allocated under the UK National Telephone Numbering Plan. 1 Chelmsford-facing block sits against UK Number Store Limited in the current Ofcom snapshot, each of which can carry up to ten thousand individual digits available for assignment to end customers.

Chelmsford’s Essex telecoms estate is shaped by Chelmsford's residential and business catchment: a dense urban exchange typically hosts allocations from several national operators in parallel, which is why you see UK Number Store Limited’s blocks alongside other range holders on the same 01245 code. Local switching capacity, historic Openreach exchange footprints, and UK Number Store Limited’s wholesale routing arrangements all influence which blocks land in Chelmsford rather than elsewhere on the national plan.

Treat this allocation as a starting point, not a verdict on any specific caller. UK numbers are portable, so the current carrier on a given 01245 digit string may differ from the range holder shown — read Range Holder vs current provider for the distinction, and How Ofcom allocates UK phone numbers for the wider context behind the table below.

UK Number Store Limited on 01245: by the numbers

Chelmsford blocks
1
In active service
100%
Share of 01245
0%
Holders on code
120

Of the 1 block UK Number Store Limited runs on the 01245 code, 1 (100%) is marked as actively allocated in the current Ofcom snapshot.

By number family these blocks are 100% geographic (01 / 02) — a profile that tells you what kind of caller a Chelmsford UK Number Store Limited number is likely to be before you even dial it back.

UK Number Store Limited runs 1 of the 786 allocated blocks on the 01245 dialling code — roughly 0% of Chelmsford’s mapped allocation, shared with 119 other range holders. Most are listed as "Allocated", which means the block is currently in active service with a communications provider.

Allocated ranges

UK Number Store Limited blocks on the 01245 (Chelmsford) dialling code.

PrefixStatus
+44 12453Allocated

FAQs about UK Number Store Limited on 01245

Why does UK Number Store Limited appear on Chelmsford (01245) numbers?

UK Number Store Limited is listed in Ofcom's UK Numbering Data feed as the originally-allocated range holder for 1 number block on the 01245 dialling code, which covers Chelmsford. That allocation pre-dates any individual customer — it simply means Ofcom recognised UK Number Store Limited as the wholesale operator entitled to issue those digits when the block was first allocated.

Are calls from a Chelmsford UK Number Store Limited-allocated number safe?

An Ofcom allocation only tells you which provider the block was issued to; it is not a safety verdict. UK numbers can be ported between networks, and any UK area code can be spoofed by an overseas caller. Paste the specific 01245 number into the lookup above to combine the UK Number Store Limited range data with a live AI internet check for forum reports, scam databases, and business listings.

Has UK Number Store Limited's 01245 block been updated recently?

Yes — the table above is sourced from Ofcom's public UK Numbering Data feed, which we re-ingest every week (typically Wednesday). Any block that has been re-assigned, withdrawn or marked free will appear with its new status on the next refresh. Numbers within an allocated block can still be ported to another carrier in between Ofcom updates; see our range-holder-vs-current-provider guide for the distinction.