Advice North West
Reference number: 616954
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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
Embassy Building, 5th Floor, 3 Strand Road, Derry, Londonderry, BT48 6BH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When advicenorthwest.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 028 7136 2444 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT48 6BH
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Londonderry Citizens Advice Bureau Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- North West Citizens Advice Bureau Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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.
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- 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
- NI056135 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 8 August 2005 (21 years old)
- Registered office
- Embassy Building, 5th Floor, 3 Strand Road, Derry, BT48 7BH
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Sandra Martina Duffy | Director | Mar 1976 | 13 Jun 2016 | 3 other companies |
| Bernie Heery | Director | May 1958 | 13 Jun 2016 | None |
| Cormac Mckeone | Director | Jan 1963 | 13 Jun 2016 | None |
| Jodi Harte | Director | Sep 1980 | 24 Jun 2022 | None |
| Kevin Bradley | Director | May 1991 | 25 Oct 2022 | None |
| Rosaleen French | Secretary | Not published | 28 Mar 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 3
- still active
- 3
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 20 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Advice North West’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
7 January 2019
- Changed its registered name from "North West Citizens Advice Bureau"
FCA register
2016
5 September 2016
- Changed its registered name from "Londonderry Citizens Advice Bureau"
FCA register
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
2005
8 August 2005
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 47 events
- All 47 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 38
Firms like Advice North West
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In Derry
In the Belfast (BT) postcode area
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- 3 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 47 events in its history
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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