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
67 Exeter Road, Exmouth, Devon, EX8 1QD, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When citizensadviceeastdevon.org first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0808 250 5703 is
- Who else gives the postcode EX8 1QD
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Citizens Advice East Devon Trading name: A name it trades under now.
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.
Show FCA detail (3 permissions)
- 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
- 05820956 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 18 May 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 67 Exeter Road, Exmouth, EX8 1QD, England
- Nature of business
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- Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Michael Duffy | Director | Aug 1961 | 17 Jan 2023 | None |
| John Victor Holme | Director | Sep 1959 | 21 Jan 2023 | None |
| David John Incoll | Director | Aug 1949 | 22 May 2025 | 7 other companies |
| Geoff Coombe | Director | May 1969 | 22 May 2025 | None |
| Lin Jane Cousins | Director | Dec 1952 | 25 Nov 2025 | 4 other companies |
| Rachel Robilliard | Director | Oct 1975 | 25 Nov 2025 | 1 other company |
| Karen Brenda Maddison | Director | Nov 1967 | 16 Jul 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Dean Stewart | Secretary | Not published | 20 Jul 2022 | – |
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
- 13
- closed down
- 4
- went insolvent
- 1
In the full report: all 13 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 7 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The one that went into liquidation or administration
- The one on the FCA register
- The 1 company these 7 directors run together
- All 47 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£76.4k
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Cash at bank
£69.1k
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Employees (average)
15
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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 05820956. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
East Devon Citizens Advice Bureau’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
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
2006
18 May 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 99 events
- All 99 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 91
Firms connected to East Devon Citizens Advice Bureau
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with East Devon Citizens Advice Bureau. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like East Devon Citizens Advice Bureau
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In the Exeter (EX) postcode area
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- 13 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 99 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk