Bridport and District Citizens Advice Bureau
Reference number: 617522
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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
45 South Street, ., BRIDPORT, Dorset, DT6 3NY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When bridportca.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01308 456880 is
- Who else gives the postcode DT6 3NY
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Bridport and District Citizens Advice Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Bridport 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
- 04876990 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 26 August 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- 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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| Lavinia Sonnenberg | Director | Dec 1964 | 5 Feb 2024 | 1 other company |
| Jacqui Bishop | Director | Aug 1979 | 5 Feb 2024 | None |
| Jamie Scott | Director | Jun 1956 | 7 May 2024 | None |
| James Stuart Smyllie | Director | Nov 1955 | 4 Nov 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Keith Michael Wilson | Director | Jun 1960 | 4 Nov 2024 | 2 other companies |
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
- 4
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 4 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
- The 1 company these 5 directors run together
- All 51 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.
2020
29 December 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Bridport Citizens Advice Bureau"
FCA register
2018
31 August 2018
- Roy Tarsnane no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
23 August 2016
- Roy Tarsnane gained significant control
Companies House
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
2003
26 August 2003
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 110 events
- All 110 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 99
Similar firms
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In the Dorchester (DT) postcode area
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 110 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