Consumers' Association

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£83,665,000 latest income

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Charitable objects

2.1 The objects for which the Association is established are, for the public benefit:2.1.1 to advance education in such ways as the Trustees think fit including through:(a) undertaking, promoting and disseminating impartial, scientific and/or evidence-based analysis of or research into:(i) the standards of goods and services available to the public as consumers; and (ii) ways in which the quality, safety and availability of such goods and services may be maintained and improved;(b) promoting and improving knowledge and understanding of:(i) laws, regulations, public policies and business practices so as to empower consumers in their everyday lives; (ii) any aspect of public health and in the principles of physical and mental health; and(iii) life skills including those relating to personal finance, digital and technology, horticulture and the home;2.1.2 to uphold and promote compliance with consumer laws, regulations and public policies in particular through the exercise of the Association's statutory powers for the benefit or protection of the rights of consumers;2.1.3 to protect and promote the safety of consumers; and2.1.4 to promote the interests of consumers who are restricted from accessing or using goods, services or data because of their youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 18/03/1957AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 24/11/2001AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 20/11/2007NOW ARTICLES ADOPTED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 22/09/2010AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 07/11/2012AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION(S) DATED 15 NOV 2017 as amended on 07 Dec 2019 as amended on 07 Dec 2019 as amended on 07 Dec 2019 as amended on 02 Dec 2023

Trustees (9)

• Kevin Harry Gaskellage 62 Chair since 2026
• Adam Emmanuel Shutkeverage 63 since 2022
• Christine Fordeage 62 since 2018
• Christopher John Woolard CBEage 54 since 2021
• Charles David Wanderage 72 since 2019
• David Peter Woodwardage 63 since 2018
• Emma Justine Shawage 57 since 2025
• Richard David Sibbickage 50 since 2019
• Sharon Grant OBE since 2018

Linked company (Companies House)

Consumers' Association · 00580128 · Active

PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) · incorporated 18/03/1957

6 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (7)

• Trent College Limited 1 shared trustee
• The for Baby's Sake Trust 1 shared trustee
• Trent College Trust 1 shared trustee
• The Bernie Grant Trust 1 shared trustee
• East Peckham History Trust 1 shared trustee
• Haringey Circle 1 shared trustee
• The Institute for Fiscal Studies 1 shared trustee