Citizens Advice in North & West Kent
Reference number: 617614
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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
Tonbridge Castle, Castle Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When citizensadvicenwk.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0333 032 9285 is
- Who else gives the postcode TN9 1BG
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Gravesham 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
- 03960538 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 30 March 2000 (26 years old)
- Registered office
- Tonbridge Castle, Castle Street, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 1BG, England
- Nature of business
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- Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)
- Other education not elsewhere classified (SIC 85590)
- Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified (SIC 88990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christine Ann Grosskopf | Director | Apr 1959 | 6 Dec 2016 | None |
| Martin William Miles | Director | Jul 1951 | 24 Jul 2017 | None |
| Elaine Margaret Abbs | Director | Sep 1962 | 1 Jul 2022 | 1 other company |
| Tom James Bourne | Director | Jul 1986 | 1 Jul 2022 | None |
| George Johnston Gordon | Director | Jan 1972 | 1 Jul 2022 | 1 other company |
| Andrew John Cumming | Director | Jun 1954 | 7 May 2024 | 178 other companies |
| Keith Patrick Bonin | Director | Oct 1969 | 8 Oct 2024 | 10 other companies |
| Richard John Hubble | Director | Nov 1960 | 8 Oct 2024 | 1 other company |
| Nigel Laurence Gavin | Director | Aug 1957 | 8 Oct 2025 | 8 other companies |
| Ann Jane Starke | Secretary | Not published | 12 Sep 2022 | – |
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
- 198
- closed down
- 125
- went insolvent
- 6
In the full report: all 198 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 6 that went into liquidation or administration
- The 10 on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 9 directors run together
- All 64 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Citizens Advice in North & West Kent’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
29 March 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Gravesham 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
2000
30 March 2000
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 131 events
- All 131 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 123
Firms connected to Citizens Advice in North & West Kent
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Citizens Advice in North & West Kent. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
- past links
- 9
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
- 9 past links through former directors
Firms like Citizens Advice in North & West Kent
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In Tonbridge
In the Tonbridge (TN) postcode area
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- 198 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 131 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