Debt Support Service Limited
Reference number: 659964
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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
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
Debt Support Service, 8 Exchange Quay, Salford, M5 3EJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When debtsupportservice.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0161 375 3328 is
- Who else gives the postcode M5 3EJ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- debtwellness.co.uk Trading name: A name it trades under now.
Warning
Scammers have impersonated this firm
Fraudsters have used this firm's name or details with their own contact information to appear genuine. Check whatever you were given below, and against the firm's real details above.
Fake phone numbers (1)
- 0161 818 4933
Fake email addresses (1)
- enquiry@debtsupportservic.co.uk
The FCA warning these came from
- enquiry@debtsupportservic.co.uk 17 August 2023
Scammers change these details often. Always check the live FCA warning.
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.
Show FCA detail (2 permissions)
- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
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.
The clone warnings above are scammers using this firm's name, not something the firm has done.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 06812829 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 9 February 2009 (17 years old)
- Registered office
- Regency Court, 62-66 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 2EN, England
- Nature of business
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- Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified (SIC 64999)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Thomas Connaughton | Director | Jan 1972 | 9 Feb 2009 | 2 other companies |
| Jonathan James Wildman | Director | Dec 1980 | 9 Feb 2009 | 1 other company |
Other companies run by these 2 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
- 2
- closed down
- 1
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 2 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 2 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 2 directors run together
- All 3 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
−£8,517
−334% from £3,640
Cash at bank
£120k
−50% from £240k
Owed within a year
£664k
+62% from £410k
Net assets are negative: on its last balance sheet the company owed £8,517 more than it owned.
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 6 years of accounts
- Every year from 2020 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 06812829. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Debt Support Service’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
17 August 2023
- FCA warned the public about a scam impersonating this firm
FCA warning list
2020
13 February 2020
- Michael Thomas Connaughton became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2017
15 June 2017
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
9 February 2017
- Jonathan James Wildman became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2009
9 February 2009
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 12 events
- All 12 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 4
Firms connected to Debt Support Service
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Debt Support Service. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Debt Support Service
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In Salford
In the Manchester (M) postcode area
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- 2 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 6 years of accounts, charted
- All 12 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
- FCA warning: enquiry@debtsupportservic.co.uk fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk