Citizens Advice Service in the Borough of Wigan
Reference number: 617797
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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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
Magnum House, 33 Lord Street, Suite 2.1, Leigh, Lancashire, WN7 1BY, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When cawb.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01942 709709 is
- Who else gives the postcode WN7 1BY
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Citizens Advice Wigan Borough Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Wigan Borough 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
- 02366214 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 29 March 1989 (37 years old)
- Registered office
- Magnum House 33 Lord Street, Suite 2.1, Leigh, WN7 1BY, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Kirsten Oakes | Director | Jul 1990 | 15 Mar 2022 | None |
| Laura Higson-Bliss (Dr) | Director | Sep 1991 | 24 Jan 2023 | None |
| Emma Catherine Fox | Director | Sep 1974 | 14 Mar 2023 | None |
| Victoria Sarah Burrows | Director | Jul 1982 | 5 Dec 2023 | None |
| Mark Alan Blanchard | Director | Jul 1970 | 5 Dec 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Barbara Ann Caren | Director | Oct 1960 | 19 Mar 2024 | 1 other company |
| Deborah Parkinson (Councillor) | Director | Dec 1956 | 19 Mar 2024 | None |
| Siobhan Lucy Dunne | Director | Jun 1989 | 23 Aug 2024 | None |
| Jack Tomlinson | Director | Sep 2002 | 3 Feb 2026 | None |
| Rachael Wild | Director | Mar 1995 | 24 Mar 2026 | None |
| Richard Michael Brameld | Director | Jun 1978 | 24 Mar 2026 | None |
| Lisa Jane Kidston | Secretary | Not published | 30 Sep 2016 | – |
Other companies run by these 11 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
- still active
- 5
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 11 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 105 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£450k
No earlier figure to compare
Cash at bank
£586k
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Employees (average)
29
−15% from 34
Owed within a year
£195k
No earlier figure to compare
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 02366214. 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
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2017
17 July 2017
- Changed its registered name from "Wigan Borough 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
1989
29 March 1989
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 196 events
- All 196 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 188
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share its postcode
- 3
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (3)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 196 events in its history
- 3 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