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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Website
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Phone number
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Address
The Market Yard, 2 Station Road, Larne, Northern Ireland, BT40 3AA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When meacas.com first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 028 9600 1333 is
- Who else gives the postcode BT40 3AA
Other names (4)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Community Advice Mid & East Antrim Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Larne Citizens AdviceBureau Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- Mid & East Antrim Citizens Advice Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- MEACAS 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.
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
- NI047063 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 25 June 2003 (23 years old)
- Registered office
- 2 Station Road, Larne, BT40 3AA, Northern Ireland
- Nature of business
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- Other information service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 63990)
- Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified (SIC 88990)
- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Deborah Neill | Director | Jan 1961 | 9 Apr 2010 | None |
| Rosemary Quinn | Director | Jul 1955 | 30 Mar 2015 | 3 other companies |
| Marilyn Weekes | Director | Jan 1956 | 10 Oct 2022 | None |
| Francis Magee | Director | Jan 1943 | 14 Aug 2024 | None |
| Rosemary Quinn | Secretary | Not published | 1 Mar 2020 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 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
- 3
- closed down
- 1
- still active
- 2
In the full report: all 3 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 32 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2020
9 June 2020
- Changed its registered name from "Mid & East Antrim Citizens Advice"
FCA register
2015
24 June 2015
- Changed its registered name from "Larne Citizens AdviceBureau"
FCA register
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
2003
25 June 2003
- 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: 62
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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