Registered charity · Sheffield
Sheffield Citizens Advice and LAW Centre
- 13 trustees
- Income £6.2m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Deborah Jane MathewsChair · since 2023
- Ahmed MohamedTrustee · since 2025
- Alistair Michael Dinham GriggsTrustee · since 2013
- Gregory Norman WattsTrustee · since 2020
- Hilary Jane Dawson B.EDTrustee · since 2013
- Jessica LewisTrustee · since 2025
- Karen EscottTrustee · since 2020
- Lynsey Theresa GollandTrustee · since 2022
- Mark Yehudah GamsuTrustee · since 2013
- Mohammad Shadique RajjaqueTrustee · since 2023
- Neal SouthwickTrustee · since 2022
- Sheila RobinsonTrustee · since 2018
- Tracey HollandTrustee · since 2025
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, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
- Where
- Sheffield City
- Website
- www.citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Sheffield Citizens Advice and LAW Centre
- Registered
- 2013
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£6.2m£6.4m
- 2024£6.1m£5.3m
- 2023£4.5m£4.4m
Earlier years
- 2022£4.8m£4.6m
- 2021£4.9m£4.8m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government contracts 30% · Government grants 19%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE;2.1 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 SHEFFIELD AND SURROUNDING AREAS ("THE AREA OF BENEFIT"), AND IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT LIMITED TO THOSE WHO ARE SOCIALLY AND/OR ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED. 2.2 TO RELIEVE CHARITABLE NEED BY THE PROVISION OF LEGAL ADVICE, ASSISTANCE AND REPRESENTATION AND ALL OTHER SERVICES IN OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR INCIDENTAL TO ANY NON-CONTENTIOUS BUSINESS AND IN THE PROSECUTION, DEFENDING, COMPROMISING AND SETTLING OF ANY CIVIL, CRIMINAL, MATRIMONIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE CAUSES, CLAIMS, INTERESTS, SUITS, AND APPEALS IN ENGLAND OR WALES AND THE EUROPEAN COURTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS;2.3 TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USERS, THEIR CARERS AND WORKERS, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT, BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS;2.4 TO RELIEVE THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY, BY PROVIDING A FREE, CONFIDENTIAL AND ACCESSIBLE ADVICE AND INFORMATION SERVICE AND TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT INTO THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED BY THOSE PERSONS WHO ARE DEAF OR HEARING IMPAIRED AND INTO THE NEEDS OF SUCH PERSONS.
Grants received
14 grants · £7,390,683 total360Giving 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
- Sheffield City Council · £4,258,975
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £2,283,370 (6 grants)
- Access to Justice Foundation · £614,672 (4 grants)
- Three Guineas Trust · £145,699
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £79,544
Most recent
- Sheffield City Council
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.
13 trustees on the board
- Deborah Jane Mathews Chair since 2023
- Alistair Michael Dinham Griggs since 2013
- Ahmed Mohamed since 2025
- Gregory Norman Watts since 2020
- Hilary Jane Dawson B.ED since 2013
- Jessica Lewis since 2025
- Karen Escott since 2020
- Lynsey Theresa Golland since 2022
- Mark Yehudah Gamsu since 2013
- Mohammad Shadique Rajjaque since 2023
- Neal Southwick since 2022
- Sheila Robinson since 2018
- Tracey Holland since 2025
Trustees past 6 years
- Alistair Michael Dinham Griggs since 2013
- Hilary Jane Dawson B.ED since 2013
- Mark Yehudah Gamsu since 2013
- Sheila Robinson since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (11)
- Alistair Michael Dinham Griggs since 2013
- Gregory Norman Watts since 2020
- Hilary Jane Dawson B.ED since 2013
- Jessica Lewis since 2025
- Karen Escott since 2020
- Lynsey Theresa Golland since 2022
- Mark Yehudah Gamsu since 2013
- Mohammad Shadique Rajjaque since 2023
- Neal Southwick since 2022
- Sheila Robinson since 2018
- Tracey Holland since 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Deborah Jane Mathews Chair since 2023
- Ahmed Mohamed since 2025
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
3.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 1153277
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 13/07/2013 as amended on 08 Dec 2021
- Companies House
- Company number 08616847 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 08082787820 · governance@citizensadvicesheffield.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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