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Consumers' Association
Consumers' Association is a registered charity (number 296072) based in London, governed by 11 trustees and chaired by Kevin Harry Gaskell since 2026. Latest income £84m (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
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,...
- 11 trustees
- Income £84m (2025)
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Who leads it
- Kevin Harry GaskellChair · since 2026
- Adam Emmanuel ShutkeverTrustee · since 2022
- Charles David WanderTrustee · since 2019
- Christine FordeTrustee · since 2018
- Christopher John Woolard CBETrustee · since 2021
- David Peter WoodwardTrustee · since 2018
- Emma Justine ShawTrustee · since 2025
- Jane Louise CadellTrustee · since 2026
- Richard David SibbickTrustee · since 2019
- Sharon Grant OBETrustee · since 2018
- Victoria Glynis OakleyTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- www.which.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- Consumers' Association
- Registered
- 1987
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£84m£84m
- 2024£83m£87m
- 2023£87m£86m
Earlier years
- 2022£87m£85m
- 2021£89m£85m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
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.
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.
11 trustees on the board
- Kevin Harry Gaskell Chair since 2026
- Adam Emmanuel Shutkever since 2022
- Christine Forde since 2018
- Christopher John Woolard CBE since 2021
- Charles David Wander since 2019
- David Peter Woodward since 2018
- Emma Justine Shaw since 2025
- Jane Louise Cadell since 2026
- Richard David Sibbick since 2019
- Sharon Grant OBE since 2018
- Victoria Glynis Oakley since 2026
Trustees past 6 years
- Christine Forde since 2018
- Charles David Wander since 2019
- David Peter Woodward since 2018
- Richard David Sibbick since 2019
- Sharon Grant OBE since 2018
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Christine Forde since 2018
- Christopher John Woolard CBE since 2021
- Charles David Wander since 2019
- Emma Justine Shaw since 2025
- Jane Louise Cadell since 2026
- Richard David Sibbick since 2019
- Victoria Glynis Oakley since 2026
Portfolio (4)
- Kevin Harry Gaskell Chair since 2026
- Adam Emmanuel Shutkever since 2022
- David Peter Woodward since 2018
- Sharon Grant OBE since 2018
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
10.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 8.5 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 296072
- Status
- Registered
- 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
- Companies House
- Company number 00580128 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 02077707000 · which@which.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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