Citizens Advice Colchester
Reference number: 617569
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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
28 Middleborough, Colchester, Essex, CO1 1TG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When colchestercab.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07919 171493 is
- Who else gives the postcode CO1 1TG
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Colchester 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
- 04431673 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 3 May 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- 28 Middleborough, Colchester, CO1 1TG, England
- Nature of business
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- Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 74909)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Stephen Richard Ede | Director | Jan 1969 | 1 May 2020 | 1 other company |
| Thomas Michael Alasdair Kerr | Director | Oct 1953 | 18 Dec 2020 | 1 other company |
| Lanston Don Ramsay | Director | Oct 1960 | 9 Aug 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Louisa Clare Tippett | Director | Jul 1956 | 2 Apr 2024 | None |
| Cameron Banks Murray | Director | Aug 1994 | 29 Jul 2025 | None |
| Kimberly Susan Cullen | Director | Aug 1971 | 19 May 2026 | 1 other company |
| Stephen Richard Ede | Secretary | Not published | 28 Oct 2020 | – |
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
- 5
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 4
In the full report: all 5 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
- All 44 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£388k
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Cash at bank
£326k
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Employees (average)
11
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Owed within a year
£18.3k
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About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04431673. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Citizens Advice Colchester’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
6 November 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Colchester Citizens Advice Bureau"
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
2002
3 May 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 94 events
- All 94 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 86
Firms connected to Citizens Advice Colchester
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Citizens Advice Colchester. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share its postcode
- 2
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (2)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Citizens Advice Colchester
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In Colchester
In the Colchester (CO) postcode area
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 94 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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