Birmingham Citizens Advice Bureau Service Limited
Reference number: 617509
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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
Citizens Advice Bureau, First Floor Wellington House, 31-34 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5TJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bcabs.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0121 262 6586 is
- Who else gives the postcode B2 5TJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Citizens Advice Birmingham Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
Concerns on the company record
- This company has insolvency history on record.
- Company number
- 02202427 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 3 December 1987 (38 years old)
- Registered office
- First Floor, Wellington House, 31-34 Waterloo Street, Birmingham, B2 5TJ, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Jill Lambert | Director | Jun 1947 | 13 Feb 2008 | None |
| Chaitali Rima Prakash Desai | Director | Jan 1983 | 17 Oct 2018 | 1 other company |
| Liam Mark Brooker | Director | Jul 1982 | 17 Oct 2018 | None |
| Alice Lucy Vernall | Director | Oct 1976 | 10 Dec 2019 | 1 other company |
| Philip John Marris | Director | Nov 1962 | 11 Jan 2021 | 10 other companies |
| Kay Burton-Williams | Director | Aug 1975 | 2 Mar 2023 | None |
| Dee Kundi | Director | Apr 1979 | 9 Mar 2023 | None |
| Habibur Rohman Choudhury | Director | Sep 1971 | 12 Feb 2025 | 1 other company |
| Junaid Shah | Director | Dec 1995 | 12 Feb 2025 | None |
Other companies run by these 9 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
- 13
- closed down
- 4
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 13 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- All 124 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
This firm’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
2002
21 May 2002
- Board replaced: all 16 directors left and 7 new directors took over
Companies House
1987
3 December 1987
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 248 events
- All 248 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 239
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- 13 other companies its directors have run, named
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- All 248 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