Community Advice Ards and North Down Ltd
Reference number: 616962
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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
Advice Centre, 39A Hamilton Road, Bangor, Northern Ireland, BT20 4LF, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When caand.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 028 9131 0487 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT20 4LF
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- North Down 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
- NI033560 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 3 February 1998 (28 years old)
- Registered office
- Hamilton Road Community Hub, 39a Hamilton Road, Bangor, BT20 4LF, Northern Ireland
- Nature of business
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- Activities of business and employers membership organisations (SIC 94110)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Leanne Brown | Director | Jul 1982 | 29 Jun 2011 | None |
| John Patrick Corey | Director | Feb 1950 | 25 Nov 2011 | 2 other companies |
| Colin Jefferson Foote | Director | Jun 1980 | 27 Aug 2015 | None |
| Valerie Goodchild | Director | Nov 1947 | 21 Jun 2017 | None |
| Robin Mcclelland | Director | Jul 1954 | 20 Nov 2018 | 1 other company |
| Anne Mckenna | Director | Sep 1951 | 17 Jan 2020 | 1 other company |
| Gavin Walter North | Director | Feb 1970 | 17 Jan 2020 | None |
| Jennifer Louise Togneri | Director | Jun 1961 | 17 Jan 2020 | None |
| Peter Gamble | Director | Jan 1989 | 17 Jan 2023 | None |
| Susan Mckee | Director | Jun 1958 | 17 Jan 2023 | None |
| Leanne Brown | Secretary | Not published | 12 Nov 2016 | – |
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
- 4
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 4 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 65 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Community Advice Ards and North Down’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
10 March 2023
- Valerie Goodchild no longer has significant control
Companies House
2021
24 February 2021
- Colin Jefferson Foote no longer has significant control
- John Patrick Corey no longer has significant control
- Leanne Brown no longer has significant control
Companies House
1 January 2021
- Ann Stuart no longer has significant control
Companies House
2019
23 September 2019
- Changed its registered name from "North Down Citizens Advice Bureau"
FCA register
2018
3 February 2018
- Eric Wilson Alexander Kyle no longer has significant control
Companies House
1 January 2018
- Arthur Moir no longer has significant control
- Danny Young no longer has significant control
- Jayne Ann Walkingshaw no longer has significant control
- Michael Waid Morrow no longer has significant control
Companies House
2017
1 October 2017
- Samuel Brian Edward Johnston no longer has significant control
Companies House
21 June 2017
- Valerie Goodchild gained significant control
Companies House
3 February 2017
- Ann Stuart gained significant control
- Arthur Moir gained significant control
- Colin Jefferson Foote gained significant control
- Danny Young gained significant control
- Eric Wilson Alexander Kyle gained significant control
- Jayne Ann Walkingshaw gained significant control
- John Patrick Corey gained significant control
- Leanne Brown gained significant control
- Michael Waid Morrow gained significant control
- Samuel Brian Edward Johnston gained significant control
Companies House
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
1998
3 February 1998
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 150 events
- All 150 events in its history (27 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 120
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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