The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 13th September 2026

The National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux

Registered charity 279057 Registered since 1980

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland

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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.

12 trustees on the board

2.1y median 2y
average tenure
4y
longest tenure
0
trustees past 6 years
9.9y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (11)

Portfolio (1)

12
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 12General Charitable Purposes 12The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 12

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

Education 17Health and social care 7Other services 5

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£167.8m latest income
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.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 1.1 in 2021

1055 from 1005 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.

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

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Contact

Websitewww.citizensadvice.org.uk
Emailcompanysecretary@citizensadvice.org.uk
Phone03000231231
AddressCitizens Advice, 1 Easton Street, LONDON, WC1X 0DW

Finances

£167,831,000 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£162,631,000£168,822,000
2022£153,624,000£151,053,000
2023£166,319,000£153,402,000
2024£167,727,000£168,661,000
2025£167,831,000£166,480,000

What it does

What

General Charitable PurposesEducation/trainingThe Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of LivesThe Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty

Who

Children/young PeopleElderly/old PeoplePeople With DisabilitiesPeople Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial OriginOther Charities Or Voluntary BodiesThe General Public/mankind

How

Makes Grants To OrganisationsProvides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationSponsors Or Undertakes ResearchActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

1. THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.2. IN CARRYING OUT ITS OBJECTS AND IN ALL ASPECTS OF ITS WORK, THE CHARITY IS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING EQUALITY AND DIVERSITY, TO PREVENTING PREJUDICE AND DISCRIMINATION, TO ENSURING EQUAL ACCESS TO AND TO PROMOTING GOOD RELATIONS BETWEEN ALL SECTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 13 JULY 1979 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 3 OCTOBER 1991 AND 26 SEPTEMBER 1996, 3 JUNE 1998, 23 SEPTEMBER 1999, 27 SEPT 2000, 29 SEPTEMBER 2004 AND 8 SEPTEMBER 2009.

Trustees (12)

12trustees
53median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux(the) · 01436945 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 13/07/1979

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (1)

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