Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited
Reference number: 617500
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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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Address
The Basildon Centre, St. Martins Square, BASILDON, Essex, SS14 1DY, United Kingdom
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- Who else gives the postcode SS14 1DY
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Basildon Borough Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Citizens Advice Basildon and Thurrock Ltd Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Citizens Advice South Essex Limited 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.
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Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 05596895 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 19 October 2005 (21 years old)
- Registered office
- The Basildon Centre, St. Martins Square, Basildon, Essex, SS14 1DL, England
- 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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| Brett Jon Sainty | Director | May 1972 | 9 May 2018 | 3 other companies |
| Stuart Robert Freel | Director | Jan 1956 | 13 Mar 2019 | 5 other companies |
| Thomas Francis Harrison | Director | Jan 1950 | 13 Mar 2019 | 2 other companies |
| Mark Alan Fenn | Director | Dec 1978 | 25 Mar 2020 | None |
| William Jones | Director | Oct 1962 | 25 Mar 2020 | 1 other company |
| John William Gerald Evans | Director | Feb 1949 | 25 Aug 2021 | 23 other companies |
| Jayne Anita Ainsworth | Director | Jul 1968 | 23 Nov 2022 | 1 other company |
| Oluwatoyin Bolanle Odunlami | Director | Jan 1974 | 9 Jan 2023 | 1 other company |
| Tamasin Anne Curtis | Director | Nov 1982 | 17 Jan 2024 | 4 other companies |
| Elizabeth Jane Clark | Secretary | Not published | 30 Jan 2026 | – |
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
- 36
- closed down
- 21
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 36 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 9 directors run together
- All 50 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
5 October 2023
- Changed its registered name from "Citizens Advice South Essex Limited"
FCA register
2019
11 April 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Citizens Advice Basildon and Thurrock Ltd"
FCA register
2018
3 April 2018
- Changed its registered name from "Basildon Borough Citizens Advice Bureau Ltd"
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
2005
19 October 2005
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 99 events
- All 99 events in its history (7 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 89
Firms connected to Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- past link
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: shared directors (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex
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In the Southend-on-Sea (SS) postcode area
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 36 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 99 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, 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