Citizens Advice Reading
Reference number: 617702
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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
Minster Street, READING, Berkshire, RG1 2JB, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When citizensadvicereading.org first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0118 950 8331 is
- Who else gives the postcode RG1 2JB
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Reading 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
- 02967121 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 12 September 1994 (32 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Non-trading company non trading (SIC 74990)
- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Andrew Edger | Director | Apr 1966 | 22 Oct 2020 | 3 other companies |
| Ian Ronald Curtis | Director | Apr 1987 | 28 Jan 2021 | None |
| Jacquelin Benton | Director | Feb 1965 | 2 Nov 2022 | 4 other companies |
| Ilham Dahmani Fikry | Director | Jan 1999 | 3 Mar 2025 | None |
| Marcia Francesca Macdonald-Spiers | Director | Jul 1962 | 13 May 2025 | None |
| Nicolette Barton | Director | Sep 1979 | 13 May 2025 | 1 other company |
| Sarah Jane Green | Director | Sep 1971 | 24 Feb 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Edna Corrigan | Director | Aug 1973 | 12 May 2026 | None |
| Michael Robert Kofi Asamoah | Director | Oct 1988 | 16 Jul 2026 | 1 other company |
| Sharandeep Kaur Ubhi Matharu | Director | Aug 1986 | 24 Sep 2026 | None |
Other companies run by these 10 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
- 11
- closed down
- 6
- still active
- 5
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 10 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 98 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Citizens Advice Reading’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2019
6 February 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Reading 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
1994
12 September 1994
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 200 events
- All 200 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 192
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In Reading
In the Reading (RG) postcode area
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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 200 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