Ashford Borough Citizens Advice
Reference number: 617494
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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
Ashford Borough Citizens, Seabrooke House, Church Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1RD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When ashfordadvice.org first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01233 631110 is
- Who else gives the postcode TN23 1RD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Ashford Borough 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
- 03242709 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 28 August 1996 (30 years old)
- Registered office
- Seabrooke House, Church Road, Ashford, Kent, TN23 1RD
- 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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| Deirdre Ann Gillian Thom | Director | Jun 1943 | 27 Jul 2001 | 1 other company |
| Emily Birchmore | Director | Mar 1993 | 30 Oct 2019 | 1 other company |
| Alison Lewis | Director | Jan 1955 | 23 May 2024 | None |
| George Cardyn | Director | Dec 1946 | 23 Oct 2025 | None |
| Asiya Khan | Director | Jun 1977 | 23 Oct 2025 | None |
| Lesley Riding | Director | Sep 1963 | 28 Jul 2026 | None |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 46 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Ashford Borough Citizens Advice’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
30 May 2018
- Changed its registered name from "Ashford Borough 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
1996
28 August 1996
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 96 events
- All 96 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 88
Firms connected to Ashford Borough Citizens Advice
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Ashford Borough Citizens Advice. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Ashford Borough Citizens Advice
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In the Tonbridge (TN) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 96 events in its history
- 3 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