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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Address
Barnwell Baptist Church, Howard Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB5 8QS, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When cambridgemoneyadvicecentre.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01223 727455 is
- Who else gives the postcode CB5 8QS
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Cambridge Money Advice Centre 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
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.
Key dates in its history
Cambridge Money Advice Centre (MAC)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2025
19 January 2025
- Changed its registered name from "Cambridge Money Advice Centre"
FCA register
2023
6 November 2023
- FCA recorded a standard requirement (Financial Promotions for own firm, ARs and other members of the group)
FCA register
2015
29 September 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not for profit firm)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
Director appointments and resignations, and trading names, appear under All events.
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk