Citizens Advice Woking
Reference number: 617801
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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
Citizens Advice Bureau, Provincial House, 26 Commercial Way, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6EN, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When wokingcab.org first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0800 144 8848 is
- Who else gives the postcode GU21 6EN
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Woking 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
- 02638741 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 16 August 1991 (35 years old)
- Registered office
- Provincial House, 26 Commercial Way, Woking, Surrey, GU21 6EN
- 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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| Laurence Campbell Oates | Director | May 1946 | 5 Feb 2014 | 4 other companies |
| Christopher James Smith (Dr) | Director | Sep 1952 | 6 Feb 2018 | 3 other companies |
| John David Butler | Director | Mar 1954 | 1 Apr 2020 | 3 other companies |
| William Annandale | Director | Aug 1955 | 29 Mar 2022 | 3 other companies |
| Deborah Harlow | Director | Jun 1959 | 1 Sep 2023 | 6 other companies |
| Dominic Maher | Director | Nov 1969 | 15 Jul 2025 | 4 other companies |
| Tony Deans | Director | Jan 1959 | 15 Jul 2025 | None |
| Ann Brown | Director | Jan 1961 | 12 Sep 2025 | None |
| Louise Gail Scott | Director | Sep 1960 | 21 Jan 2026 | 3 other companies |
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
- 26
- closed down
- 9
- went insolvent
- 2
In the full report: all 26 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 2 that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- All 92 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Citizens Advice Woking’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2016
20 January 2016
- Changed its registered name from "Woking 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
1991
16 August 1991
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 203 events
- All 203 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 195
Firms connected to Citizens Advice Woking
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Citizens Advice Woking. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Firms like Citizens Advice Woking
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In Woking
In the Guildford (GU) postcode area
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- 26 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 203 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