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Citizens Advice Gateshead

Registered charity 1020565 Registered since 1993

Operates: Throughout England

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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.

10 trustees on the board

5.3y median 5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

7.4y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (4)

10
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 10General Charitable Purposes 10The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 7Economic/community Development/employment 1Recreation 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 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 10Tech and media 9Health and social care 4

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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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£7.2m 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.

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

218 from 174 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.
36%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.citizensadvicegateshead.org.uk
Emailaccounts@citizensadvicegateshead.org.uk
Phone01914785100
AddressDavidson Building, Swan Street, Gateshead, Tyne & Wear, NE8 1BG

Finances

£7,220,624 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£4,174,373£4,113,197
2022£5,143,745£4,572,191
2023£5,853,443£5,541,016
2024£6,696,856£6,487,188
2025£7,220,624£7,053,069

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEconomic/community Development/employmentOther Charitable Purposes

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

The Charity’s objects are to promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress in particular, but without limitation, for the benefit of the community in England and Wales, and in particular, Gateshead and surrounding areas.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 22/07/1991AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/07/2008AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 16/09/2009AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 03/11/2011AS REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11/11/2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 02 AUG 2016AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 25 MAR 2021 as amended on 21 Apr 2021

Trustees (10)

10trustees
57median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Citizens Advice Gateshead · 02631064 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/07/1991

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (5)

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