Citizens Advice Stroud & Cotswold Districts Limited
Reference number: 617757
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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
Unit 8, Brunel Mall, London Road, STROUD, Gloucestershire, GL5 2BP, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When citizensadvice-stroudandcotswold.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01453 491033 is
- Who else gives the postcode GL5 2BP
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Citizens Advice Cotswold District Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Citizens Advice Stroud District Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Stroud & District Citizens Advice Bureau Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- STROUD & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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
- 04389411 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 7 March 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Unit 8 1st Floor, Brunel Mall London Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire, GL5 2BP
- 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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| John Donald Kerr Hammond | Director | Dec 1950 | 5 Jun 2019 | 1 other company |
| Barry O'Driscoll | Director | Apr 1971 | 6 Oct 2021 | 2 other companies |
| Martin Cook (Dr) | Director | Feb 1956 | 6 Oct 2021 | None |
| Jane Elizabeth Whaley | Director | Jun 1955 | 6 Oct 2021 | 2 other companies |
| Christopher William Youard Underhill | Director | Jun 1959 | 17 Oct 2023 | None |
| Ian Michael George Buswell | Director | Jun 1968 | 25 Jul 2024 | 1 other company |
| Paul Blacker | Director | Nov 1965 | 25 Jul 2024 | None |
| Philip Bedos | Director | Feb 1958 | 28 Jan 2025 | None |
| Pilar Sepulveda (Dr) | Director | Jul 1968 | 27 Jan 2026 | None |
| Mark Lawrence Hamilton | Director | Aug 1965 | 27 Jan 2026 | 1 other company |
| Elizabeth Hall | Secretary | Not published | 22 Mar 2021 | – |
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
- 7
- closed down
- 2
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 7 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
- The one on the FCA register
- All 87 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.
2017
18 December 2017
- Sally Pickering no longer has significant control
Companies House
27 November 2017
- Anne Elliott no longer has significant control
- Claire Elizabeth Feehilly no longer has significant control
- Valerie Susan Hancock no longer has significant control
Companies House
20 September 2017
- Alan Gordon Wheeler no longer has significant control
- Christine Lilian Lingard no longer has significant control
- Josephine Ann Horner no longer has significant control
- Paul Tremain Pearce no longer has significant control
- Penelope Ann Wride no longer has significant control
Companies House
19 June 2017
- John Hepworth no longer has significant control
Companies House
7 March 2017
- Alan Gordon Wheeler gained significant control
- Anne Elliott gained significant control
- Christine Lilian Lingard gained significant control
- Claire Elizabeth Feehilly gained significant control
- John Hepworth gained significant control
- Josephine Ann Horner gained significant control
- Paul Tremain Pearce gained significant control
- Penelope Ann Wride gained significant control
- Sally Pickering gained significant control
- Valerie Susan Hancock gained significant control
Companies House
2016
20 September 2016
- Changed its registered name from "Stroud & District 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
2002
7 March 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 195 events
- All 195 events in its history (25 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 165
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 firm
- 1
- share a director
- 1
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
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In the Gloucester (GL) postcode area
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- 7 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 195 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