Registered charity · Somerset
Citizens Advice Somerset
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.3m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Alexander HeathTrustee · since 2025
- Anthony Charles Edward TaylorTrustee · since 2025
- David John IncollTrustee · since 2023
- Jo HumbleTrustee · since 2020
- Lin CousinsTrustee · since 2019
- Lyn GoodfellowTrustee · since 2023
- Margaret Mary MercerTrustee · since 2017
- Nicola Emma Joan RhodinTrustee · since 2026
- Peter John HunterTrustee · 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, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability and 2 more
- Where
- Somerset
- Website
- www.citizensadvicesomerset.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Citizens Advice Somerset
- Registered
- 1996
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.3m£2.2m
- 2024£2.4m£3.0m
- 2023£950k£894k
Earlier years
- 2022£1.0m£952k
- 2021£881k£797k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 45%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LOCAL AREA(THE AREA OF BENEFIT) BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.
Grants received
35 grants · £1,439,376 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
- Somerset Community Foundation · £570,742 (19 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £360,822 (3 grants)
- Henry Smith Foundation · £227,130 (3 grants)
- Quartet Community Foundation · £177,325 (7 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £54,022
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
- Alexander Heath since 2025
- Anthony Charles Edward Taylor since 2025
- David John Incoll since 2023
- Jo Humble since 2020
- Lin Cousins since 2019
- Lyn Goodfellow since 2023
- Margaret Mary Mercer since 2017
- Nicola Emma Joan Rhodin since 2026
- Peter John Hunter since 2021
Trustees past 6 years
- Jo Humble since 2020
- Lin Cousins since 2019
- Margaret Mary Mercer since 2017
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Alexander Heath since 2025
- Anthony Charles Edward Taylor since 2025
- David John Incoll since 2023
- Jo Humble since 2020
- Lyn Goodfellow since 2023
- Margaret Mary Mercer since 2017
- Nicola Emma Joan Rhodin since 2026
Portfolio (2)
- Lin Cousins since 2019
- Peter John Hunter since 2021
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
5.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 4.8 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1054134
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 15/03/1996AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 08/04/2002AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 11/07/2006AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION REGISTERED AT COMPANIES HOUSE ON 27/09/2013 AS AMENDED ON 09 MAY 2022AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 01 OCT 2023 as amended on 21 Sep 2023
- Companies House
- Company number 03173414 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01935847661 · admin@citizensadvicesouthsomerset.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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