Test Valley Citizens Advice Bureau
Reference number: 618853
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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
1st Floor, Chantry House, Chantry Way, Andover, Hampshire, SP10 1LZ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When testvalleycab.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07988 689434 is
- Who else gives the postcode SP10 1LZ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Citizens Advice Test Valley 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
- 08933947 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 11 March 2014 (12 years old)
- Registered office
- 1st Floor Chantry House, Chantry Way, Andover, SP10 1LZ, 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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| Stephen Roy Bowden | Director | Jul 1950 | 23 Apr 2018 | 5 other companies |
| Alexandra Gladwell | Director | Nov 1976 | 25 Jan 2022 | None |
| Linda Ellen Thorpe | Director | Jun 1953 | 17 Jan 2023 | None |
| Victoria Esther Martin | Director | May 1982 | 23 Jul 2024 | None |
| Graham Moore | Director | Sep 1950 | 22 Apr 2025 | None |
| Ben Major George Cons | Director | Mar 1966 | 16 Feb 2026 | 3 other companies |
| Susan Janet Cooper | Director | Feb 1960 | 20 Mar 2026 | 1 other company |
| Karin Rachel Bean Bennett | Director | Nov 1962 | 9 Sep 2026 | None |
| Angela Theresa Moon | Secretary | Not published | 28 Jul 2026 | – |
Other companies run by these 8 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
- 9
- closed down
- 2
- still active
- 7
In the full report: all 9 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 8 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- All 41 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Test Valley Citizens Advice Bureau’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2018
30 August 2018
- John Patience no longer has significant control
Companies House
2017
24 January 2017
- John Patience gained significant control
Companies House
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
11 March 2014
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 84 events
- All 84 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 74
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- 9 other companies its directors have run, named
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- All 84 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