Community Sustainability Services

Registered charity 1052262 Registered since 1996

Operates: Sunderland

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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.

3 trustees on the board

Damian Cleghorn since 2015
Gill Lawson since 2019
Pauline Valerie Blyth B.A. Hons since 2011

11y median 11y

average tenure

15y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Damian Cleghorn since 2015
Gill Lawson since 2019
Pauline Valerie Blyth B.A. Hons since 2011

11.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (3)

Damian Cleghorn since 2015
Gill Lawson since 2019
Pauline Valerie Blyth B.A. Hons since 2011

company-linked trustees

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

Environment/conservation/heritage 3General Charitable Purposes 3The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 3

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

Health and social care 3Business services 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together
Small board - little cover if a trustee leaves

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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Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours

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£584k 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.

1.4 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months

10 from 10 in 2024

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.

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.

Also active in the same field

Sensory Trust Similar size; both Environment
Outdoor and Sustainability Education Specialists (Oases) Limited Similar size; both Environment
UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum Similar size; both Environment
Constitution Hill LTD Similar size; both Environment
Crystal Palace Community Trust Limited Similar size; both Environment
Otley Road and Undercliffe Community Works Similar size; both Environment

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.csshelp.org.uk
Email	info@csshelp.org.uk
Phone	01915494343
Address	Unit 13C, Southwick Industrial Estate, North Hylton Road, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR5 3TX

Finances

£584,147 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£341,436	£384,162
2022	£341,436	£384,162
2023	£458,242	£460,684
2024	£560,658	£512,833
2025	£584,147	£572,213

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyEnvironment/conservation/heritageEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Elderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesOther Defined GroupsThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO RELIEVE POVERTY BY SUPPLYING AND RENOVATING FURNITURE AND HOUSEHOLD GOODS TO THOSE IN NEED IN THE NORTH EAST OF ENGLAND; THE RELIEF OF ELDERLY OR DISABLED PEOPLE BY PARTICIPATING IN ANY CHARITABLE SCHEMES OR SERVICE TO BENEFIT SUCH PEOPLE IN NEED; TO PROTECT AND SAFEGUARD THE ENVIRONMENT FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT PARTICULARLY THROUGH THE PROMOTION OF RE-USE AND RECYCLING AS A MEANS OF WASTE DISPOSAL AND THE PROVISION OF RECYCLING ACTIVITIES.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 17/08/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 19/12/1994AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/02/2003AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 15/08/2013

Trustees (3)

3trustees

53median age

1aged 70+

Damian Cleghornage band 50-54 since 2015
Gill Lawsonage band 50-54 since 2019
Pauline Valerie Blyth B.A. Honsage band 70-74 since 2011

Linked company (Companies House)

Community Sustainability Services · 02959482 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 17/08/1994

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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