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, Burgess Well House, Coval Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1FW, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When chelmsfordcab.org first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0808 278 7952 is
- Who else gives the postcode CM1 1FW
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Citizens Advice Chelmsford 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.
- Company number
- 04063248 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 31 August 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- Burgess Well House, Coval Lane, Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 1FW
- 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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| Smita Rajesh | Director | Jul 1973 | 18 Feb 2020 | 9 other companies |
| Alexander Mark Tarala | Director | May 1952 | 28 Feb 2022 | 14 other companies |
| Hazel Olive Clark (Councillor) | Director | Jun 1955 | 5 Sep 2023 | None |
| Danielle Hay | Director | Aug 1992 | 16 Oct 2025 | None |
| Faye Dorothy Stevenson | Director | Aug 1972 | 10 Dec 2025 | 2 other companies |
| Shweta Kaur Singh | Director | Nov 1982 | 7 Apr 2026 | 3 other companies |
| Russell Mynott | Secretary | Not published | 28 Nov 2023 | – |
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
- 28
- closed down
- 9
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 28 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
- The one on the FCA register
- All 56 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Chelmsford Citizens Advice Bureau’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
2000
31 August 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 124 events
- All 124 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 116
Firms connected to Chelmsford Citizens Advice Bureau
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Chelmsford Citizens Advice Bureau. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Chelmsford Citizens Advice Bureau
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In the Chelmsford (CM) postcode area
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- 28 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 124 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