Registered charity · County Durham
Citizens Advice County Durham
- 9 trustees
- Income £2.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Jennifer SmurthwaiteChair · since 2022
- Adele BarnettTrustee · since 2023
- Alan ShieldTrustee · since 2021
- David BlackwellTrustee · since 2021
- Geoffrey FieldTrustee · since 2026
- John ScollenTrustee · since 2019
- John William TaylorTrustee · since 2016
- Matthew Tunnicliffe-JohnTrustee · since 2026
- Michael SmithTrustee · since 2014
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, Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity, Other Charitable Purposes
- Where
- Durham
- Website
- www.citizensadvicecd.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Citizens Advice County Durham
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£2.2m£2.2m
- 2024£2.7m£3.4m
- 2023£3.6m£3.5m
Earlier years
- 2022£3.6m£3.3m
- 2021£3.7m£3.4m
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSEFOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OFHEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN COUNTY DURHAM.
Board analysis for researchers
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Jennifer Smurthwaite Chair since 2022
- Adele Barnett since 2023
- Alan Shield since 2021
- David Blackwell since 2021
- Geoffrey Field since 2026
- John Scollen since 2019
- John William Taylor since 2016
- Matthew Tunnicliffe-John since 2026
- Michael Smith since 2014
Trustees past 6 years
- John Scollen since 2019
- John William Taylor since 2016
- Michael Smith since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Adele Barnett since 2023
- David Blackwell since 2021
- Geoffrey Field since 2026
- John Scollen since 2019
- John William Taylor since 2016
- Matthew Tunnicliffe-John since 2026
- Michael Smith since 2014
Portfolio (2)
- Jennifer Smurthwaite Chair since 2022
- Alan Shield since 2021
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
2.2 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months · was 5.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1151790
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 11 JAN 2013AS AMENDED BY CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION ON CHANGE OF NAME DATED 23/04/2014 as amended on 20 Sep 2022
- Companies House
- Company number 08357279 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 0300 323 1000 · enquiries@citizensadvicecd.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 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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