Torbay Citizens Advice Bureaux
Reference number: 617774
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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
Citizens Advice Bureau, 29 Palace Avenue, Paignton, Torbay, TQ3 3EQ, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When citizensadvicetorbay.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 01803 521726 is
- Who else gives the postcode TQ3 3EQ
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Torbay 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.
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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
- 02785039 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 29 January 1993 (33 years old)
- Registered office
- 29 Palace Avenue, Paignton, Devon, TQ3 3EQ
- 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 |
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| John Robert Lowes | Director | Jun 1956 | 30 Oct 2018 | 3 other companies |
| Geoffrey Russell Buck | Director | Nov 1949 | 25 Mar 2019 | 3 other companies |
| Julie Ann Kellet | Director | Nov 1966 | 27 Jun 2024 | None |
| Christopher Ian Jewell | Director | Mar 1956 | 22 Jul 2024 | None |
| Florence Elizabeth Barker | Director | Mar 1950 | 20 Nov 2025 | None |
| Suzanne Julyan | Secretary | Not published | 12 Apr 2023 | – |
Other companies run by these 5 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
- 6
- closed down
- 1
- went insolvent
- 3
In the full report: all 6 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 5 directors sit on each board, and since when
- The 3 that went into liquidation or administration
- All 98 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
Torbay Citizens Advice Bureaux’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2026
12 June 2026
- Changed its registered name from "Torbay 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
1993
29 January 1993
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 206 events
- All 206 events in its history (5 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 199
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- 6 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- All 206 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