Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Advice NI Suite D, First Floor, Block 3, Forestview, Purdy's Lane, Newtownbreda, Belfast, County Antrim, BT8 7AR, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When adviceni.net first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 028 9064 5919 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT8 7AR
The firm, by virtue of its constitution or any enactment, must be:(i) required (after payment of outgoings) to apply the whole of its income and any capital it expends for charitable or public purposes, and (ii) prohibited from directly or indirectly distributing amongst its members any part of its assets (otherwise than for charitable or public purposes); And the firm must not have any associate (other than a not-for profit debt advice body) which carries on debt adjusting or debt counselling or providing credit information services.)
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- Providing Credit Information Services
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
- NI071966 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 10 March 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- Advice Ni Suite D, First Floor, Block 3, Forestview, Purdy's Lane, Newtownbreda, Belfast, Antrim, BT8 4AR, Northern Ireland
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Barry Mcmullan | Director | Jan 1968 | 10 Mar 2009 | None |
| Joanne Farrell | Director | May 1976 | 28 Nov 2014 | None |
| Michele Loughran | Director | May 1968 | 30 Nov 2018 | None |
| Derek Mcgregor | Director | Aug 1967 | 26 Jan 2023 | 2 other companies |
| David Jeremy Abrahams | Director | Sep 1959 | 6 May 2025 | 7 other companies |
| Albina Watson | Director | Sep 1978 | 11 Sep 2025 | None |
| Elaine Anne Campbell | Director | May 1972 | 11 Sep 2025 | 1 other company |
| Kerry Marie Kelly | Director | Nov 1988 | 11 Sep 2025 | 1 other company |
| Robert Joseph Stoker | Director | Jun 1953 | 18 Nov 2025 | None |
| Rosaleen French | Director | Apr 1973 | 1 Jul 2026 | None |
| Kathleen Mulligan | Secretary | Not published | 10 Mar 2009 | – |
Other companies run by these 10 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
- 11
- closed down
- 3
- still active
- 8
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 10 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 37 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Advice NI’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2014
1 April 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not for profit firm)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2009
10 March 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 75 events
- All 75 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 68
Firms connected to Advice NI
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Advice NI. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Advice NI
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In Belfast
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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 75 events in its history
- 2 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