Shepway Citizens Advice Bureau

Registered charity 1102964 Registered since 2004

Operates: Kent

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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.

6 trustees on the board

Brian Godfrey Rainsley since 2018
Carol Gillen since 2022
Frank Boland since 2019
Norman Douglas Oakes since 2014
Nigel Whitehead since 2023
Vanessa Alison Mckay since 2021

6.5y median 6y

average tenure

12y

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

8.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Brian Godfrey Rainsley since 2018
Carol Gillen since 2022
Frank Boland since 2019
Norman Douglas Oakes since 2014
Nigel Whitehead since 2023
Vanessa Alison Mckay 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.

Disability 6General Charitable Purposes 6The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 6

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

Public administration 6Tech and media 2Business services 1

Gaps to watch

Several long-serving trustees could step down together

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 4 years.

2021

2022

2023

2024

incomespending£235k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2023 and 2024

69%

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

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.

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Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	josephwardjones@yahoo.co.uk
Phone	01303661020
Address	Units 4-6, Princes Gate, George Lane, Folkestone, Kent, CT20 1RH

Finances

£234,820 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£256,383	£258,061
2022	£261,600	£252,576
2023	£191,185	£237,235
2024	£234,820	£247,861
2025

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesDisabilityThe Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyAccommodation/housing

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/information

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE SHEPWAY DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT") BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 04/03/2004AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/09/2015

Trustees (6)

6trustees

70median age

3aged 70+

Brian Godfrey Rainsleyage band 70-74 since 2018
Carol Gillenage band 65-69 since 2022
Frank Bolandage band 75-79 since 2019
Norman Douglas Oakesage band 70-74 since 2014
Nigel Whiteheadage band 65-69 since 2023
Vanessa Alison Mckayage band 35-39 since 2021

Linked company (Companies House)

Shepway Citizens Advice Bureau · 05063463 · Liquidation

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 04/03/2004

2 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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