Bromsgrove and District Citizens Advice Bureau
Registered charity 1117552 CIO Registered since 2007
Operates: Worcestershire
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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.
10 trustees on the board
- Brandon Clayton Cllr since 2026
- Dr Brian Thomas Cooper since 2014
- Esther Gray since 2024
- Gordon Cooper since 1995
- Jo- Anne Till since 2019
- Maria Fox since 2019
- Maria Furness since 2021
- Mark Cawston since 2026
- Suzanne Green since 2019
- Shirley Webb since 2015
8.2y median 7y
average tenure
31y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Dr Brian Thomas Cooper since 2014
- Gordon Cooper since 1995
- Jo- Anne Till since 2019
- Maria Fox since 2019
- Suzanne Green since 2019
- Shirley Webb since 2015
8.4y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (6)
- Brandon Clayton Cllr since 2026
- Dr Brian Thomas Cooper since 2014
- Jo- Anne Till since 2019
- Maria Fox since 2019
- Maria Furness since 2021
- Mark Cawston since 2026
Portfolio (4)
- Esther Gray since 2024
- Gordon Cooper since 1995
- Suzanne Green since 2019
- Shirley Webb since 2015
1
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 9Education/training 4Arts/culture/heritage/science 1Disability 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 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.
Health and social care 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 5 years.
incomespending£509k 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.
6.6 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 7.2 in 2021
18 from 16 in 2024
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
- Music Therapy Works 1 shared trustee
- Carpet Museum Trust 1 shared trustee
- The Bromsgrove Institute 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha (Karmsar) UK Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Chafford Hundred Community Church Similar size; both Poverty relief
- Food for ALL Similar size; both Poverty relief
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.cabr.org.uk |
| enquiries@cabr.org.uk | |
| Phone | 08082787890 |
| Address | BROMSGROVE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, 50-52 BIRMINGHAM ROAD, BROMSGROVE, B61 0DD |
Finances
£508,779 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £386,191 | £368,867 |
| 2022 | £396,873 | £366,514 |
| 2023 | £382,993 | £389,400 |
| 2024 | £521,975 | £444,001 |
| 2025 | £508,779 | £500,504 |
What it does
What
The Prevention Or Relief Of PovertyWho
The General Public/mankindHow
Provides Advocacy/advice/informationCharitable objects
TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BROMSGROVE} 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: CIO - FOUNDATION CONVERSIONDATED 09 JUN 2026
Trustees (10)
10trustees
56median age
0aged 70+
- Brandon Clayton Cllr since 2026
- Dr Brian Thomas Cooper since 2014
- Esther Gray since 2024
- Gordon Cooper since 1995
- Jo- Anne Tillage band 55-59 since 2019
- Maria Fox since 2019
- Maria Furness since 2021
- Mark Cawston since 2026
- Suzanne Green since 2019
- Shirley Webb since 2015
Connected charities (4)
- Carpet Museum Trust 1 shared trustee
- Music Therapy Works 1 shared trustee
- The Hereford and Worcester Dyslexia Association 1 shared trustee
- The Bromsgrove Institute 1 shared trustee
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