Citizens Advice Sort Group Ltd
Reference number: 617695
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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
9 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M4 5AD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When casort.org first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0808 278 7803 is
- Who else gives the postcode M4 5AD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Pennine West 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
- 08290395 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 12 November 2012 (13 years old)
- Registered office
- Huckletree, The Express Building, 9 Great Ancoats Street, Manchester, M4 5AD, 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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| Peter George Allen | Director | Oct 1950 | 29 Apr 2020 | 4 other companies |
| Francine Ryan | Director | May 1972 | 13 Mar 2025 | 4 other companies |
| Alicia Patricia Marie Hall | Director | Dec 1983 | 29 May 2025 | 1 other company |
| Alex David Price | Director | Oct 1973 | 29 May 2025 | None |
| Melissa Dale | Director | Apr 1973 | 15 Oct 2025 | None |
| Steven Carvalho | Director | May 1993 | 12 Mar 2026 | None |
| Jonathan Richard Yates | Secretary | Not published | 12 Nov 2012 | – |
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
- 4
- run together
- 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
- The 4 companies these 6 directors run together
- All 36 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Citizens Advice Sort Group’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
2 June 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Pennine West 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
2012
12 November 2012
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 76 events
- All 76 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 68
Firms connected to Citizens Advice Sort Group
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Citizens Advice Sort Group. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 5
- share its postcode
- 5
In the full report: all 5 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: the same postcode (5)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Citizens Advice Sort Group
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In Manchester
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 76 events in its history
- 5 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