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
Norton House, Bird Street, Coventry, Coventry, CV1 5FX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When covadvice.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 024 7652 1100 is
- Who else gives the postcode CV1 5FX
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Wood End Advice and Information Centre 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
- 02761115 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 2 November 1992 (33 years old)
- Registered office
- C/O Coventry Refugee And Migrant Centre Norton House, Bird Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5FX, United Kingdom
- Nature of business
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- Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified (SIC 88990)
- Activities of other membership organisations not elsewhere classified (SIC 94990)
- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Anthony Monaghan | Director | Jun 1970 | 11 Oct 2019 | 4 other companies |
| Damon Paul Swindell | Director | Sep 1957 | 22 Oct 2021 | 1 other company |
| Lianne Payne | Director | Sep 1980 | 3 Oct 2025 | None |
| Margaret Eileen O'Brien (Dr) | Director | Sep 1964 | 28 Nov 2025 | None |
| Naomi Victoria Hurst | Director | Sep 1981 | 3 Jul 2026 | None |
| Gulzar Singh (Dr) | Director | Jul 1971 | 4 Sep 2026 | 3 other companies |
| Conner James Gill | Director | Oct 2004 | 4 Sep 2026 | None |
| Alan David Markey | Secretary | Not published | 10 Nov 2014 | – |
Other companies run by these 7 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
- 8
- closed down
- 3
- still active
- 5
In the full report: all 8 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 67 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Coventry Independent Advice Service’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2014
25 July 2014
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not for profit firm)
FCA register
1 April 2014
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
1992
2 November 1992
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 135 events
- All 135 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 127
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- 8 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 135 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