West Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau
Reference number: 617791
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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, 4-8 The Broadway, Newbury, West Berkshire, RG14 1BA, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks, 1 thing worth a closer look
- When citizensadvicewestberkshire.org.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 07920 017140 is
- Who else gives the postcode RG14 1BA
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Citizens Advice West Berkshire 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
- 05821486 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 18 May 2006 (20 years old)
- Registered office
- 2nd Floor Broadway House, 4-8 The Broadway Northbrook Street, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 1BA
- Nature of business
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- Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 82990)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Arjunan Arul | Director | Jun 1977 | 21 May 2013 | 4 other companies |
| Philip Jeremy Cowhig | Director | May 1968 | 1 Jul 2014 | 2 other companies |
| Michael Anthony Fernandes | Director | May 1963 | 16 Aug 2016 | 3 other companies |
| Paul John Masters | Director | Jun 1965 | 29 Nov 2016 | 3 other companies |
| Sarah Slack | Director | Aug 1957 | 4 Jun 2019 | None |
| Elizabeth O'Keefe | Director | Sep 1944 | 17 Sep 2019 | None |
| Claire Michelle Rowles | Director | Mar 1969 | 27 Jul 2021 | 6 other companies |
| Julie Elizabeth Dann | Director | Jun 1968 | 19 Jan 2023 | 6 other companies |
| Andrew White | Director | Mar 1973 | 26 Nov 2024 | 1 other company |
| Luis Miguel Iglesias Fernandez | Director | Jul 1961 | 26 Nov 2024 | None |
| Iain David Cottingham | Director | Jun 1966 | 22 Jul 2025 | 3 other companies |
| Harry Charles Thomas James | Director | Jul 1951 | 11 May 2026 | None |
| Arjunan Arul | Secretary | Not published | 7 Jul 2015 | – |
Other companies run by these 12 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
- 28
- closed down
- 9
- are FCA-registered
- 3
In the full report: all 28 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 12 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 3 on the FCA register
- All 41 people who have ever been directors, with their dates
Key dates in its history
West Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
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
2006
18 May 2006
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 78 events
- All 78 events in its history (4 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 70
Firms connected to West Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with West Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau. A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firms
- 2
- share a director
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: all 2 connected firms, named
- How each is linked: shared directors (1), the same postcode (1)
- Who links each one: the named directors, with dates
- 2 past links through former directors
Firms like West Berkshire Citizens Advice Bureau
Other firms of the same type (debt advice or management), nearest first.
In the Reading (RG) postcode area
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- 28 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details, 1 flagged
- All 78 events in its history
- 2 connected firms, named, and who links them
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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