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Registered charity · Colchester

Citizens Advice Colchester

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically: 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,...

  • 6 trustees
  • Income £294k (2026)
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Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

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
Where
Essex
Website
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/local/colchester (opens in a new tab)
Linked company
Citizens Advice Colchester
Registered
2003

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£294k£429k
  • 2025£273k£427k
  • 2024£467k£387k
Earlier years
  • 2023£389k£308k
  • 2022£295k£304k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2026: Government grants 13%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically: 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 Colchester and surrounding areas.

Grants received

7 grants · £460,494 total

360Giving 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 · £432,474 (5 grants)
  • Essex Community Foundation · £14,360
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £13,660

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £19,6992025-10-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £13,6602020-09-15
  • Essex Community Foundation £14,3602020-04-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £45,1292019-02-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,4542018-08-17
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.

6 trustees on the board

3y median 2.5y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

5.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

6
company-linked trustees

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

Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 5Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Environment/conservation/heritage 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.

Professional services 7Arts and leisure 1Tech and media 1

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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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£273k latest income
21%
Income from governmentiIncome from governmentGovernment contracts plus government grants as a share of total gross income, latest Part A annual return.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
1097252
Status
Registered
Governing document
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 03/05/2002AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 11/03/2016 as amended on 26 Jul 2022
Companies House
Company number 04431673 · Active
Contact on the register
0808 2787853 · accounts@colchestercab.org.uk
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
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