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
The Learning Zone, 320 Wordsworth Avenue, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 8NL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When soarcommunity.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0114 213 4073 is
- Who else gives the postcode S5 8NL
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- SOAR 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.
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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
- 05060698 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 2 March 2004 (22 years old)
- Registered office
- Soar Works Enterprise Centre, 14 Knutton Road, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S5 9NU
- Nature of business
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- Activities of other membership organisations not elsewhere classified (SIC 94990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Eleanor Jane Houlston | Director | Aug 1977 | 20 Jan 2005 | 2 other companies |
| Simon Peter Rippon | Director | Mar 1963 | 26 Apr 2018 | 1 other company |
| Maxine Jacqueline Greaves | Director | May 1963 | 18 Jul 2019 | 10 other companies |
| Wan Ten Yap | Director | Oct 1984 | 23 Jul 2020 | 3 other companies |
| Josephine Ann Towl | Director | May 1955 | 28 Jan 2021 | None |
| Andrew David Male | Director | Jul 1965 | 25 Feb 2021 | 2 other companies |
| Talib Hussain | Director | Jan 1962 | 17 May 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Mark Simon Rusling | Director | May 1980 | 25 Sep 2024 | 2 other companies |
| Hildah Tinashe Usiku | Director | Aug 1986 | 29 Jan 2025 | None |
| Michael Leslie Chaplin (Councillor) | Director | Jul 1957 | 26 Nov 2025 | 1 other company |
| Brigitte Kaviani | Director | Oct 1963 | 9 Apr 2026 | 2 other companies |
| Sally Whittaker | Secretary | Not published | 16 Jul 2010 | – |
Other companies run by these 11 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
- 24
- closed down
- 9
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 24 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 11 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 11 directors run together
- All 91 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Soar Community’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
20 April 2018
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not for profit firm)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2004
2 March 2004
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 187 events
- All 187 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 181
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- 24 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 187 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