Wantage Independent Advice Centre

Reference number: 689838

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Authorised by the FCA

This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.

Authorised for 11 years
Complaints covered by the Ombudsman
No FCA actions

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.

Website

vci.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
Phone number

01235 765348
Address

16 Market Place, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8AE, United Kingdom

In the full report: 3 background checks

When vci.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
What kind of line 01235 765348 is
Who else gives the postcode OX12 8AE

Other names (3)

If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.

Vale Community Impact Trading name: A name it trades under now.
VCI Trading name: A name it trades under now.
WIAC 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 cover
Consumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
Complaints Ombudsman, free
You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.

Show FCA detail (2 permissions)

Debt Adjusting
Debt-counselling

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: CE003831 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
Company type: Charitable incorporated organisation

Key dates in its history

Wantage Independent Advice Centre’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.

Key events (3) All events (7)

2015

28 September 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 7 events

All 7 events in its history (3 shown here)

Firms like Wantage Independent Advice Centre

Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.

In the Oxford (OX) postcode area

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All 7 events in its history

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Frequently asked questions about this firm

Is Wantage Independent Advice Centre FCA authorised?

Yes, Wantage Independent Advice Centre (FRN 689838) is authorised by the FCA to carry out regulated activities. It has held its current authorisation since September 2015 and works as a debt advice or management. The FCA has placed no limits on its permissions.

What is Wantage Independent Advice Centre’s phone number and website?

The FCA register lists the phone number 01235 765348 and the website vci.org.uk for Wantage Independent Advice Centre. If you were given different contact details, use these to check with the firm before going any further.

Is Wantage Independent Advice Centre a scam or clone?

Wantage Independent Advice Centre is a genuine FCA-listed firm, and the FCA has published no warnings about fake versions of it. Scammers do copy real firms, though, so check that any contact details you were given match the ones on the register.

Is my money safe with Wantage Independent Advice Centre?

Its FCA permissions do not allow it to hold or control client money. Protection depends on which product you hold and how Wantage Independent Advice Centre handles your money, so check the specific product before you commit. You can also refer complaints about Wantage Independent Advice Centre to the Financial Ombudsman Service, free of charge.

Does Wantage Independent Advice Centre use any other names?

It trades as Vale Community Impact, VCI and WIAC.

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