Island Advice Centre
Reference number: 618771
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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
Island Advice Centre, Island House, Roserton Street, London, Tower Hamlets, E14 3PG, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When island-advice.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7538 0094 is
- Who else gives the postcode E14 3PG
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
- 03375266 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 23 May 1997 (29 years old)
- Registered office
- Island House, Roserton Street, London, E14 3PG
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen Walter Lake | Director | Jan 1952 | 14 Sep 1999 | 1 other company |
| Chris Parsons | Director | Aug 1962 | 6 Sep 2010 | None |
| Shabnam Sharmin | Director | Oct 1976 | 27 Jun 2011 | None |
| Thomas Charles Siggers | Director | Jun 1979 | 24 May 2012 | 1 other company |
| Katherine Elaine Wilson | Director | Dec 1954 | 24 Jan 2013 | 5 other companies |
| Godline Singh | Director | Oct 1983 | 1 Dec 2018 | None |
| Stephanie Dickinson | Director | Aug 1954 | 1 Dec 2020 | None |
| Cathy Weir | Director | Feb 1960 | 20 Sep 2023 | None |
| Hasan Kawsar Chowdhury | Director | Dec 1988 | 23 Aug 2024 | 2 other companies |
Other companies run by these 9 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
- 9
- closed down
- 5
- still active
- 4
In the full report: all 9 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 9 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 34 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Island Advice Centre’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
1 December 2018
- Stephanie Christine Dickinson no longer has significant control
Companies House
2016
6 April 2016
- Stephanie Christine Dickinson 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
1997
23 May 1997
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 74 events
- All 74 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 65
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 74 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