Registered charity · East Sussex
Brighton and Hove Citizens Advice Bureau
- 12 trustees
- Income £831k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Nigel MeagerChair · since 2015
- Frances HarrisonTrustee · since 2013
- Fraser WoodwardTrustee · since 2024
- Gavin BermanTrustee · since 2025
- George LongfootTrustee · since 2014
- Karen Ann JohnstonTrustee · since 2026
- Kath StipalaTrustee · since 2024
- Mark ClarkTrustee · since 2019
- Mark GreenTrustee · since 2020
- Michael WangTrustee · since 2025
- Muhammod Towhid AhmedTrustee · since 2025
- Simon BlakeneyTrustee · since 2023
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
- Brighton And Hove
- Website
- www.cabrightonhove.org (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Brighton and Hove Citizens Advice Bureau
- Registered
- 2002
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£831k£1.3m
- 2024£873k£814k
- 2023£669k£653k
Earlier years
- 2022£801k£812k
- 2021£730k£739k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 31%. 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 BRIGHTON & HOVE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.
Grants received
2 grants · £353,730 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 · £325,730
- Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales · £28,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
12 trustees on the board
- Nigel Meager Chair since 2015
- Frances Harrison since 2013
- Fraser Woodward since 2024
- Gavin Berman since 2025
- George Longfoot since 2014
- Karen Ann Johnston since 2026
- Kath Stipala since 2024
- Mark Clark since 2019
- Mark Green since 2020
- Michael Wang since 2025
- Muhammod Towhid Ahmed since 2025
- Simon Blakeney since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Nigel Meager Chair since 2015
- Frances Harrison since 2013
- George Longfoot since 2014
- Mark Clark since 2019
- Mark Green since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Nigel Meager Chair since 2015
- Frances Harrison since 2013
- Gavin Berman since 2025
- George Longfoot since 2014
- Karen Ann Johnston since 2026
- Kath Stipala since 2024
- Mark Clark since 2019
- Mark Green since 2020
- Michael Wang since 2025
- Muhammod Towhid Ahmed since 2025
- Simon Blakeney since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Fraser Woodward 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
6.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 3.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1094620
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 24/06/1999AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 17/02/2016
- Companies House
- Company number 03794933 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 08082 787815 · joanne.carden@cabrightonhove.org
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th 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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