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
1 Church Road, SOUTHEND-ON-SEA, Essex, SS1 2AL, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When citizensadvicesouthend.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01702 456379 is
- Who else gives the postcode SS1 2AL
Other names (2)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Southend on Sea Help of Guild and Citizens Advice Bureau Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Southend 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.
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
- 04344100 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 21 December 2001 (24 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Julie Kathleen Cushion | Director | Jul 1962 | 13 Jun 2002 | 2 other companies |
| Paula Whittle | Director | Jul 1950 | 2 Apr 2019 | 14 other companies |
| Nigel Milner | Director | Oct 1961 | 2 Mar 2022 | None |
| Ejaz Nabi | Director | Feb 1960 | 29 Aug 2023 | None |
| Daniel John Bacon | Director | Aug 1986 | 1 Apr 2024 | 3 other companies |
| Janette Elaine Teager-Williams | Director | Feb 1952 | 8 Sep 2026 | None |
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
- 19
- closed down
- 7
- is FCA-registered
- 1
In the full report: all 19 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 one on the FCA register
- All 38 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Filed accounts and finances
Employees (average)
37
+28% from 29
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 04344100. Figures are exactly as filed; nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
This firm’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2021
30 March 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Southend 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
2001
21 December 2001
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 79 events
- All 79 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 70
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.
- past link
- 1
In the full report: all 0 connected firms, named
- 1 past link through former directors
Similar firms
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In Southend-on-Sea
In the Southend-on-Sea (SS) postcode area
Elsewhere in the UK
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- 19 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 79 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