Registered charity · Portsmouth
Citizens Advice Solent East
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...
- 11 trustees
- Income £1.9m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Stef NienaltowskiChair · since 2018
- Adam ChristieTrustee · since 2024
- Ashley CullenTrustee · since 2017
- Charles John Harrison NicholasTrustee · since 2025
- David Leslie LittlejohnTrustee · since 2026
- James Richard MackayTrustee · since 2025
- Laura Clare SmallTrustee · since 2025
- Peter Bernard BrookTrustee · since 2022
- Robert Clive SweatmanTrustee · since 2024
- Robert George BosshardtTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas Antony LittleTrustee · since 2021
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, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Hampshire, Portsmouth City
- Website
- casolenteast.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Citizens Advice Solent East
- Registered
- 1994
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£1.9m£1.8m
- 2024£1.4m£1.3m
- 2023£1.3m£1.3m
Earlier years
- 2022£876k£972k
- 2021£905k£801k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
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 Gosport, Havant and Portsmouth and surrounding areas.
Grants received
16 grants · £1,068,140 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 · £330,493 (6 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £300,131 (3 grants)
- Ministry of Defence · £228,436 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £119,400
- Veterans Foundation · £42,630
Most recent
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence
- Ministry of Defence
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
- Stef Nienaltowski Chair since 2018
- Adam Christie since 2024
- Ashley Cullen since 2017
- Charles John Harrison Nicholas since 2025
- David Leslie Littlejohn since 2026
- James Richard Mackay since 2025
- Laura Clare Small since 2025
- Peter Bernard Brook since 2022
- Robert George Bosshardt since 2025
- Robert Clive Sweatman since 2024
- Thomas Antony Little since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Stef Nienaltowski Chair since 2018
- Ashley Cullen since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Stef Nienaltowski Chair since 2018
- Adam Christie since 2024
- Ashley Cullen since 2017
- Charles John Harrison Nicholas since 2025
- David Leslie Littlejohn since 2026
- Laura Clare Small since 2025
- Peter Bernard Brook since 2022
- Robert George Bosshardt since 2025
- Thomas Antony Little since 2021
Portfolio (2)
- James Richard Mackay since 2025
- Robert Clive Sweatman 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
2.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.0 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1039776
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 08 JUL 1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 NOV 2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 04 NOV 2011AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 11 NOV 2011AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 19 DEC 2017AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 SEP 2024AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 02 JUN 2025AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 04 JUN 2025 as amended on 25 Nov 2025
- Companies House
- Company number 02946921 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02392855850 · CEO@CASOLENTEAST.ORG.UK
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 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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