North and West Gloucestershire Citizens Advice Limited
Reference number: 617609
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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
North & West Gloucestershire Citizens Advice, Messenger House, 35 St. Michaels Square, Gloucester, Gloucestershire, GL1 1HX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When gloscab.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01452 527202 is
- Who else gives the postcode GL1 1HX
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Forest of Dean Citizens Advice Bureau Former name: A name it was registered under before.
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
- 04373653 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 14 February 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Messenger House, 35 St. Michaels Square, Gloucester, GL1 1HX, 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 |
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| Peter Edward Whittall | Director | Apr 1957 | 1 Dec 2018 | 2 other companies |
| Mike Mintram | Director | Jul 1955 | 30 Sep 2021 | 2 other companies |
| Stephen Brimfield | Director | Aug 1962 | 14 Feb 2025 | 1 other company |
| Catherine Andrews | Director | Jul 1978 | 14 Feb 2025 | None |
| Sara Devi Earnshaw | Director | Aug 1982 | 29 May 2025 | None |
| Emily Joan Hutchinson | Director | May 1970 | 29 May 2025 | None |
| Ahmed Said Hansdot | Director | Jan 1960 | 25 Sep 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Diana Louise Billingham | Director | Jun 1964 | 27 Nov 2025 | 4 other companies |
Other companies run by these 8 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
- 12
- closed down
- 6
- still active
- 5
In the full report: all 12 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 52 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.
2019
25 October 2019
- Changed its registered name from "Forest of Dean Citizens Advice Bureau"
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
2002
14 February 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 108 events
- All 108 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 99
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In Gloucester
In the Gloucester (GL) postcode area
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- 12 other companies its directors have run, named
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- All 108 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