Authorised by the FCA
Step Forward Money Advice is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
Compare these against whatever you were given. Scammers clone real firm names and reference numbers but use their own phone number and website, so a detail that does not match the register is the clearest warning sign there is.
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Phone number
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Address
Trent Vineyard, Unit 1, Easter Park, Lenton Lane, Nottingham, NG7 2PX, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When trentcompassion.org first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0115 988 7069 is
- Who else gives the postcode NG7 2PX
Other names (3)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- SFMA Trading name: A name it trades under now.
- Trent Debt Advice Former name: A name it was registered under before.
- TDA Former trading name: A name it used to trade under.
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.
Key dates in its history
Step Forward Money Advice’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2022
4 July 2022
- Changed its registered name from "Step Forward Money Advice"
FCA register
2021
18 May 2021
- Changed its registered name from "Trent Debt Advice"
FCA register
2015
26 October 2015
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- FCA imposed a requirement (Not for profit firm)
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
In the full report: all 11 events
- All 11 events in its history (5 shown here)
Firms like Step Forward Money Advice
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In Nottingham
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- All 11 events in its history
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk