Citizens Advice Lincoln & Lindsey

Registered charity 1099145 Registered since 2003

Operates: Lincolnshire

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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

Catherine Connell since 2019
Christine Mary Cobham since 2026
JOY Clews since 2018
Lynda Crosby since 2018
Maniram Arumugam Vasuki since 2025
Martyn Heathcote since 2023
Simon Mccaffrey since 2023

4.3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Catherine Connell since 2019
JOY Clews since 2018
Lynda Crosby since 2018

7.1y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (7)

Catherine Connell since 2019
Christine Mary Cobham since 2026
JOY Clews since 2018
Lynda Crosby since 2018
Maniram Arumugam Vasuki since 2025
Martyn Heathcote since 2023
Simon Mccaffrey since 2023

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 7

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

Tech and media 10Education 1

Gaps to watch

Narrow spread of causes across the board

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£2.9m 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.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 10.7 in 2021

90 from 42 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.

Also active in the same field

The Wigoder Family Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
AGE UK Wakefield District Similar size; both General purposes
Bristol Charities Similar size; both General purposes
The HDH Wills 1965 Charitable Trust Similar size; both General purposes
The Broomton Foundation Similar size; both General purposes
AGE Concern East Sussex Similar size; both General purposes

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Website	https://www.citizensadvicelincolnandlindsey.org.uk/
Email	jenny.barnett@citizensadvicelincolnandlindsey.org.uk
Phone	01427810914
Address	GUILDHALL, MARSHALL'S YARD, GAINSBOROUGH, LINCOLINSHIRE, DN21 2NA

Finances

£2,928,381 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£1,071,123	£933,460
2022	£1,123,845	£1,003,375
2023	£1,802,296	£1,342,866
2024	£2,609,203	£2,352,535
2025	£2,928,381	£2,676,039

What it does

What

General Charitable Purposes

Who

The General Public/mankind

How

Provides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE 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 THE EAST LINDSEY AND WEST LINDSEY AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION DATED 22ND APRIL 2003AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 21 MAR 2018 as amended on 20 Dec 2018 as amended on 20 Jul 2023

Trustees (7)

7trustees

56median age

0aged 70+

Catherine Connellage band 45-49 since 2019
Christine Mary Cobham since 2026
JOY Clewsage band 65-69 since 2018
Lynda Crosbyage band 55-59 since 2018
Maniram Arumugam Vasukiage band 35-39 since 2025
Martyn Heathcoteage band 50-54 since 2023
Simon Mccaffreyage band 60-64 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

Citizens Advice Lincoln & Lindsey · 04740511 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 22/04/2003

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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