Telford and the Wrekin Citizens Advice Bureaux

Registered charity 1077566 Registered since 1999

Operates: Telford & Wrekin

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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.

7 trustees on the board

David John Charles Shelmerdine Chair since 2018
Dipak Kothari since 2021
Julia Bennett since 2024
Julie Anne Twynholm since 2019
Samuel Thomas Chilvers since 2019
Sherrel Fikeis since 2021
Timothy Elliott since 2021

5.6y median 5y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

David John Charles Shelmerdine Chair since 2018
Julie Anne Twynholm since 2019
Samuel Thomas Chilvers since 2019

15.8y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

David John Charles Shelmerdine Chair since 2018
Dipak Kothari since 2021
Julia Bennett since 2024
Julie Anne Twynholm since 2019
Samuel Thomas Chilvers since 2019
Timothy Elliott since 2021

Portfolio (1)

Sherrel Fikeis since 2021

company-linked trustees

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

General Charitable Purposes 7The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 7Education/training 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 11Finance 4Utilities 4

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

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incomespending£983k latest income

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.

11.5 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.7 in 2021

32 from 29 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.

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

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire 1 shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Bath and District Citizens Advice Bureau Similar size; both Poverty relief
The London Full Gospel Central Church Similar size; both Poverty relief
Refugee Support Group Similar size; both Poverty relief
Friends of Boyan Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief
BEN Amram Charitable Trust Similar size; both Poverty relief

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	www.telfordcab.co.uk
Email	Louisecross@telfordcab.co.uk
Phone	01952459231
Address	Citizens Advice Bureau, Suite 4, Syer House, Stafford Park 1, TELFORD, Shropshi

Finances

£983,143 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£779,178	£827,230
2022	£643,695	£724,316
2023	£791,519	£746,684
2024	£1,131,662	£879,098
2025	£983,143	£983,994

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

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

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE AREA OF TELFORD AND THE WREKIN COUNCIL BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 20 SEPTEMBER 1999 AS AMENDED 10 FEBRUARY 2003 as amended on 16 Nov 2022 as amended on 16 Nov 2022 as amended on 23 Oct 2024

Trustees (7)

7trustees

53median age

2aged 70+

David John Charles Shelmerdineage band 75-79 Chair since 2018
Dipak Kothariage band 50-54 since 2021
Julia Bennettage band 75-79 since 2024
Julie Anne Twynholmage band 40-44 since 2019
Samuel Thomas Chilversage band 35-39 since 2019
Sherrel Fikeisage band 65-69 since 2021
Timothy Elliottage band 45-49 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Telford and the Wrekin Citizens Advice Bureaux · 03844929 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 20/09/1999

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire 1 shared trustee

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