Registered charity · Tyne & Wear
Citizens Advice Gateshead
Citizens Advice Gateshead is a registered charity (number 1020565) based in Tyne & Wear, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £7.2m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.
Also known as Gateshead CAB, Society Matters Foundation (Charity Commission)
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...
- 9 trustees
- Income £7.2m (2025)
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Network
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Who leads it
- Andrew Alexander John MarshTrustee · since 2022
- Barry TaylorTrustee · since 2016
- Catherine Anne WhittakerTrustee · since 2020
- Cllr Judith GibsonTrustee · since 2020
- Heather LeeTrustee · since 2019
- Kirsty RobertonTrustee · since 2023
- Richard LeeTrustee · since 2022
- Scot Gardner MchargTrustee · since 2022
- Susan Mary CarrTrustee · since 2024
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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty and 2 more
- Where
- Throughout England
- Website
- www.citizensadvicegateshead.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Citizens Advice Gateshead
- Registered
- 1993
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£7.2m£7.1m
- 2024£6.7m£6.5m
- 2023£5.9m£5.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£5.1m£4.6m
- 2021£4.2m£4.1m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 15% · Government grants 21%. From the charity's annual return.
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.
Grants received
24 grants · £2,220,208 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 · £1,021,551 (7 grants)
- Northern Rock Foundation · £622,341 (7 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £359,217 (3 grants)
- Three Guineas Trust · £147,798
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £45,000
Most recent
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Andrew Alexander John Marsh since 2022
- Barry Taylor since 2016
- Catherine Anne Whittaker since 2020
- Cllr Judith Gibson since 2020
- Heather Lee since 2019
- Kirsty Roberton since 2023
- Richard Lee since 2022
- Scot Gardner Mcharg since 2022
- Susan Mary Carr since 2024
Trustees past 6 years
- Barry Taylor since 2016
- Catherine Anne Whittaker since 2020
- Cllr Judith Gibson since 2020
- Heather Lee since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Andrew Alexander John Marsh since 2022
- Barry Taylor since 2016
- Catherine Anne Whittaker since 2020
- Cllr Judith Gibson since 2020
- Kirsty Roberton since 2023
Portfolio (4)
- Heather Lee since 2019
- Richard Lee since 2022
- Scot Gardner Mcharg since 2022
- Susan Mary Carr since 2024
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
0.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1020565
- Status
- Registered
- 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 as amended on 02 Jun 2026
- Companies House
- Company number 02631064 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01914785100 · accounts@citizensadvicegateshead.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 18th 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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