Registered charity · Stoke-on-Trent
Citizens Advice North Staffordshire LTD
Citizens Advice North Staffordshire LTD is a registered charity (number 1001204) based in Stoke-on-Trent, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Margaret Grahamslaw since 2022. Latest income £6.4m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 11 trustees
- Income £6.4m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Margaret GrahamslawChair · since 2022
- Bertram Cedric LawtonTrustee · since 2013
- Connor BradyTrustee · since 2020
- Deborah WareTrustee · since 2022
- James DaviesTrustee · since 2013
- Jonathan Paul CornesTrustee · since 2026
- Keith HoptroffTrustee · since 2022
- Magda StylesTrustee · since 2022
- Philip HaddockTrustee · since 2024
- Seema KazmiTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen DawsonTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- General Charitable Purposes, Disability, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.canscharity.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Citizens Advice North Staffordshire LTD
- Registered
- 1990
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.4m£6.1m
- 2024£6.8m£6.6m
- 2023£4.9m£4.6m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.1m£4.0m
- 2021£3.9m£3.7m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 2%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREA OF STAFFORDSHIRE AND ITS ENVIRONS BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AND TO WORK IN CONJUNCTIONAL NATIONALLY WITH OTHER PARTNERS/STAKEHOLDERS WITH THE SAME AIMS AND PRINCIPLES
Grants received
25 grants · £4,755,206 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £3,905,101 (15 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £381,135 (3 grants)
- BBC Children in Need · £248,020 (4 grants)
- Comic Relief · £119,650
- Henry Smith Foundation · £52,400
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
11 trustees on the board
- Margaret Grahamslaw Chair since 2022
- Bertram Cedric Lawton since 2013
- Connor Brady since 2020
- Deborah Ware since 2022
- James Davies since 2013
- Jonathan Paul Cornes since 2026
- Keith Hoptroff since 2022
- Magda Styles since 2022
- Philip Haddock since 2024
- Seema Kazmi since 2024
- Stephen Dawson since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- Bertram Cedric Lawton since 2013
- Connor Brady since 2020
- James Davies since 2013
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Margaret Grahamslaw Chair since 2022
- Bertram Cedric Lawton since 2013
- Connor Brady since 2020
- Deborah Ware since 2022
- James Davies since 2013
- Jonathan Paul Cornes since 2026
- Keith Hoptroff since 2022
- Magda Styles since 2022
- Philip Haddock since 2024
- Seema Kazmi since 2024
- Stephen Dawson since 2022
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
4.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 3.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1001204
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11/07/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 06/11/1989AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 13/09/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 09/11/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21/03/2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 12/04/2013 as amended on 08 Sept 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02402902 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01782201234 · info@canscharity.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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