Citizens Advice Reading
Reference number: 617702
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Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Identity
Check their details
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Verified address
Minster Street, READING, Berkshire, RG1 2JB, United Kingdom
Company details
From the company's Companies House record.
- Company number
- 02967121
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private company limited by guarantee
- Incorporated
- 12 September 1994 (31 years old)
- Registered office
- Matches the FCA register address ✓
- Nature of business
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- Non-trading company non trading (SIC 74990)
- Other service activities not elsewhere classified (SIC 96090)
Current directors and secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Edger | Director | Apr 1966 | 22 Oct 2020 |
| Ian Ronald Curtis | Director | Apr 1987 | 28 Jan 2021 |
| Jacquelin Benton | Director | Feb 1965 | 2 Nov 2022 |
| Oluwakemi Ayodeji Odubanjo | Director | Jun 1971 | 6 Feb 2024 |
| Ilham Dahmani Fikry | Director | Jan 1999 | 3 Mar 2025 |
| Marcia Francesca Macdonald-Spiers | Director | Jul 1962 | 13 May 2025 |
| Nicolette Barton | Director | Sep 1979 | 13 May 2025 |
| Sarah Jane Green | Director | Sep 1971 | 24 Feb 2026 |
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.)
Activities and protection
What they can do, and how you are protected
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
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- Debt Adjusting
- Debt-counselling
- Providing Credit Information Services
Complaints: You can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Track record
FCA actions and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action, and no complaints recorded with the Ombudsman.
Previously registered as
The FCA register holds one earlier registered name for this firm. A registered name changes when a firm rebrands, and a partnership's changes whenever its partners do.
- Reading Citizens Advice Bureau
Names it no longer trades under
This firm has retired one trading name. If you were contacted under one of these, the name did belong to this firm, but check the current details above before going ahead.
Show the retired name
- READING CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
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