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
South Hams Citizens Advice, Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, Devon, TQ9 5EZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When southhamscab.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01803 659740 is
- Who else gives the postcode TQ9 5EZ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Citizens Advice South Hams 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.
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
- 04349641 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 9 January 2002 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Follaton House, Plymouth Road, Totnes, TQ9 5EZ, 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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| Christopher Elliott Mottram | Director | Sep 1953 | 27 Nov 2013 | 7 other companies |
| Katie Porkess | Director | Jul 1950 | 29 Nov 2017 | 1 other company |
| David John Sprent | Director | Mar 1961 | 2 Jan 2018 | 5 other companies |
| Christopher Peach | Director | Apr 1950 | 24 Sep 2019 | None |
| Louise Pilkington | Director | Jun 1963 | 6 Dec 2023 | 2 other companies |
| Susan Jane Bolshaw | Director | Feb 1967 | 7 Oct 2025 | None |
| Heather Alice Mcintyre | Secretary | Not published | 2 Aug 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 6 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
- 2
- are FCA-registered
- 2
In the full report: all 15 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 6 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 2 on the FCA register
- All 49 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
South Hams Citizens Advice Bureau’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
2002
9 January 2002
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 100 events
- All 100 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 92
Firms connected to South Hams Citizens Advice Bureau
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with South Hams Citizens Advice Bureau. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 3
- share a director
- 2
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 3 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (2), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
Firms like South Hams Citizens Advice Bureau
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In the Torquay (TQ) postcode area
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 15 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 100 events in its history
- 3 connected firms, 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