Coventry Citizens Advice
Reference number: 617571
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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
1-7 Station Street East, Foleshill, COVENTRY, West Midlands, CV6 5FL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When coventrycitizensadvice.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 024 7622 3284 is
- Who else gives the postcode CV6 5FL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Coventry 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
- 02122698 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 13 April 1987 (39 years old)
- Registered office
- 1-7 Station Street East, Coventry, CV6 5FL, England
- Nature of business
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- Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified (SIC 88990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Simon Brake (Prof) | Director | Oct 1972 | 23 Aug 2007 | 3 other companies |
| Faye Abbott | Director | Sep 1977 | 29 May 2014 | 2 other companies |
| Janet Walker-Thompson | Director | Nov 1957 | 27 May 2021 | None |
| Peter Nicholas Frost | Director | Oct 1965 | 1 Jun 2023 | None |
| Purminder Singh Gill | Director | Mar 1973 | 25 Sep 2025 | 4 other companies |
| Anjula Thiru | Director | Feb 1980 | 8 Dec 2025 | 1 other company |
| Stewart Graham Carter | Director | Jul 1967 | 8 Dec 2025 | None |
| Charlotte Amy Prestwich | Director | Nov 1985 | 8 Dec 2025 | 1 other company |
| Simon Ian Richards | Secretary | Not published | 6 May 2025 | – |
Other companies run by these 8 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
- 11
- closed down
- 3
- still active
- 7
In the full report: all 11 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 107 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Coventry Citizens Advice’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
9 November 2018
- Timothy George Miller no longer has significant control
Companies House
3 May 2018
- Changed its registered name from "Coventry Citizens Advice Bureau"
FCA register
2017
30 November 2017
- Simon Brake no longer has significant control
- Timothy George Miller gained significant control
Companies House
2016
17 November 2016
- Simon Brake 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
1987
13 April 1987
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 193 events
- All 193 events in its history (9 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 181
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- 11 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 193 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