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
Release Legal Emergency & Drugs Services Ltd, 37 Heneage Street, London, Tower Hamlets, E1 5LJ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When release.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 020 7324 2970 is
- Who else gives the postcode E1 5LJ
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
- 01966619 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 28 November 1985 (40 years old)
- Registered office
- 37 Heneage Street, Spitalfields, London, E1 5LJ, England
- Nature of business
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- Other social work activities without accommodation not elsewhere classified (SIC 88990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Amber Marks | Director | Oct 1977 | 9 Jul 2012 | 1 other company |
| Roger James Adam Golland | Director | May 1955 | 9 Jul 2012 | 2 other companies |
| David Alexander Dehorne Rowntree | Director | May 1964 | 29 Jul 2012 | 10 other companies |
| Natasha Dhumma | Director | Oct 1982 | 5 Dec 2016 | None |
| Toby Seddon (Prof) | Director | May 1970 | 8 Feb 2022 | None |
| Donnchadh Luke Greene | Director | Aug 1993 | 8 Feb 2022 | None |
| Imani Robinson | Director | Jul 1992 | 7 Mar 2023 | None |
| Andrew Timothy Horne | Director | Apr 1963 | 23 Sep 2024 | 1 other company |
| Bisola Akintoye | Director | Mar 1988 | 30 Jul 2026 | 1 other company |
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
- 15
- closed down
- 6
- still active
- 9
In the full report: all 15 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 44 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.
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
1985
28 November 1985
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 79 events
- All 79 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 72
Connected firms
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with this firm. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- no longer authorised
- 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
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
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- 15 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 79 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
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk