The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

Citizens Advice Sort Group

Registered charity 1171817 Registered since 2017

Operates: Oldham, Rochdale, Trafford, Halton, Warrington, Stockport, Wirral

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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

1.6y median 1y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6.6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

Portfolio (1)

7
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 7General Charitable Purposes 6Disability 1Education/training 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.

Other services 10Health and social care 1Professional services 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£3.3m 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.

6.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.9 months

102 from 65 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.
32%
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.

Connected through a shared trustee

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.casort.org
Emailgovernance@casort.org
Phone--
AddressCitizens Advice SORT Group, Huckletree, 9 Great Ancoats Street, MANCHESTER, M4 5AD

Finances

£3,325,201 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£1,997,049£2,024,009
2022£2,896,117£2,783,592
2023£2,660,574£2,951,311
2024£3,509,238£3,094,780
2025£3,325,201£3,152,862

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginThe General Public/mankind

How

Provides ServicesProvides 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 GREATER MANCHESTER AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 01 OCT 2009 as amended on 11 Mar 2021 as amended on 25 Nov 2021 as amended on 08 Dec 2022

Trustees (7)

7trustees
53median age
2aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Citizens Advice Sort Group LTD · 08290395 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 12/11/2012

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (2)

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