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Citizens Advice Manchester

Registered charity 1010167 Registered since 1992

Operates: Throughout England And Wales

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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.

9 trustees on the board

3.1y median 2y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.1y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (8)

Portfolio (1)

9
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Other Charitable Purposes 9The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Disability 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Other services 12Health and social care 4Education 2

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.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£8.3m latest income · income exceeded spending in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

2.7 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months

202 from 132 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.
16%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

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Contact

Websitewww.citizensadvicemanchester.org.uk
Emailheadoffice@citizensadvicemanchester.org.uk
Phone0808 278 7800
AddressBarlow House, 4 Minshull Street, MANCHESTER, M1 3DZ

Finances

£8,330,282 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£5,591,901£4,903,865
2022£6,001,106£5,233,946
2023£5,792,263£5,627,124
2024£8,008,954£7,525,468
2025£8,330,282£8,292,085

What it does

What

The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyOther Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE CITY OF MANCHESTER (THE 'PRINCIPAL AREA OF BENEFIT') AND ELSEWHERE IN THE NORTH-WEST OF ENGLAND (TOGETHER BEING THE 'AREA OF BENEFIT')BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 MARCH 1992 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION 16 JULY 2002, 15 JANUARY 2007 AND 20 JANUARY 2008.AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 28 DEC 2016AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 07 AUG 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 07 AUG 2017 as amended on 26 Oct 2019

Trustees (9)

9trustees
60median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Citizens Advice Manchester · 02697257 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 13/03/1992

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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