Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland
Reference number: 617578
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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
The Core, Church Row, Darlington, County Durham, DL1 5QD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When citizensadvicedrc.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01325 266888 is
- Who else gives the postcode DL1 5QD
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Darlington, Redcar & Cleveland Citizens Advice Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Darlington 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
- 05562437 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 13 September 2005 (21 years old)
- Registered office
- The Core, Church Row, Darlington, Co Durham, DL1 5QD, England
- Nature of business
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- Activities of other membership organisations not elsewhere classified (SIC 94990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Christine Ann Flintoft-Smith | Director | Nov 1983 | 5 Oct 2017 | None |
| Paul Jeffrey Pimm | Director | Jun 1976 | 5 Oct 2017 | None |
| Barbara Joan Buckle | Director | Apr 1955 | 13 Sep 2018 | None |
| Mark Redhead | Director | Jan 1984 | 7 Aug 2019 | None |
| Christopher John Howard Payne | Director | Feb 1960 | 23 Apr 2021 | 1 other company |
| Michael James Betterton (Dr) | Director | Jun 1955 | 22 Dec 2022 | None |
| Ross Duerden Webber | Director | Apr 1968 | 19 Feb 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Hazel Thompson | Secretary | Not published | 11 Nov 2015 | – |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- still active
- 3
In the full report: all 4 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 56 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.
2022
2 November 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Darlington 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
2005
13 September 2005
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 116 events
- All 116 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 105
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In the Darlington (DL) postcode area
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- 4 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 116 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