CITIZENS ADVICE COUNTY DURHAM
Get an alert when CITIZENS ADVICE COUNTY DURHAM files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
£620K
+0.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.2M
-5.2% vs 2024
Employees
79
-34.7% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£68K
+89.8% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £2,749,187 | £2,165,915 | -21.2% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£663,370 | -£67,804 | +89.8% | |
| Net profit | — | — | -£663,370 | -£67,804 | +89.8% | |
| Cash | — | — | £619,134 | £619,640 | +0.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £1,298,035 | £1,230,231 | -5.2% | |
| Net assets | — | — | £1,298,035 | £1,230,231 | -5.2% | |
| Equity | — | — | £1,298,035 | £1,230,231 | -5.2% | |
| Average employees | 129 | 129 | 121 | 79 | -34.7% | |
| Wages | — | — | £2,597,348 | £1,699,871 | -34.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | -24.1% | -3.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 5.09x | 6.48x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CITIZENS ADVICE COUNTY DURHAM 2014-04-23 → present
- GREATER DURHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU 2013-01-11 → 2014-04-23
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Allen Sykes Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making further appropriate enquiries, the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Our principal activity remained the provision of free, confidential, impartial and independent advice to clients in County Durham and across the country to empower them to move forward.”
- “We had an active Research and Campaigns team and a lot of work had been done during this period to re-build and improve our approach to research and campaigns.”
- “2024/25 has allowed us to rebuild our advice presence across County Durham, rationalising the locations that we use as bases and utilising other organisations premises to deliver advice in the local community.”
- “In 2024/25 the total income decreased by 21% due to a significant reduction in funding from Citizens Advice.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNETT, Adele | Director | 2023-09-13 | Jan 1976 | British |
| BLACKWELL, David | Director | 2021-11-16 | May 1950 | British |
| SCOLLEN, John | Director | 2015-11-17 | Jan 1962 | British |
| SHIELD, Alan | Director | 2021-09-21 | Jan 1952 | British |
| SMITH, Michael | Director | 2014-05-20 | Apr 1948 | British |
| SMURTHWAITE, Jennifer | Director | 2022-09-12 | Nov 1957 | British |
| TAYLOR, John William | Director | 2016-03-15 | Nov 1943 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADBURY, Neil John | Secretary | 2014-03-25 | 2019-07-02 |
| ALLCROFT, Louise Claire | Director | 2015-03-17 | 2017-12-19 |
| BENSTEAD, Richard Peter | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2021-02-19 |
| BOWERS, David Allison | Director | 2013-01-25 | 2016-03-15 |
| BROWN, Jane, Councillor | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2018-01-16 |
| CHEEK, Angela | Director | 2018-01-16 | 2019-09-06 |
| CLARKE, Jean | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2015-12-10 |
| COLLEY, Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2014-09-24 |
| COLLINS, Alison, Ms. | Director | 2014-07-15 | 2020-03-13 |
| CONWAY, Patrick Stephen | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2018-07-17 |
| COULSON-PATEL, Kamila | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| DAVIDSON, Brenda | Director | 2013-07-01 | 2022-01-05 |
| DIXON, Joseph Anthony | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2015-06-12 |
| EASTON, Robert | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2014-09-24 |
| FAHEY, Angela Marie | Director | 2023-09-12 | 2025-08-21 |
| GUNN, Olwyn Elizabeth | Director | 2013-01-25 | 2013-08-01 |
| HALL, David | Director | 2016-07-19 | 2018-11-19 |
| HANNS, Philip George | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2013-11-01 |
| HARVARD, Catherine Charis | Director | 2013-01-25 | 2013-08-01 |
| HOLLOWAY, John David | Director | 2013-01-25 | 2014-06-26 |
| KELLETT, William | Director | 2018-11-20 | 2021-06-22 |
| LUMSDON, Rachel | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2017-06-15 |
| MCPHERSON, George Colin | Director | 2018-01-16 | 2021-08-31 |
| PAVLOU, Maggie | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2022-05-10 |
| PENSOM, Anthony John | Director | 2014-05-20 | 2023-09-12 |
| POUNDER, Lynn | Director | 2019-05-28 | 2021-06-22 |
| RAMSEY, Dennis | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2014-09-24 |
| ROE, Marie Abigail | Director | 2023-09-12 | 2023-10-12 |
| ROXBOROUGH, Alan Keith | Director | 2013-01-11 | 2019-09-17 |
| SHAW, Kevin Joseph, Cllr | Director | 2014-09-24 | 2016-07-19 |
| SURTEES, Angela | Director | 2018-01-16 | 2019-05-22 |
| TOPPING, Peter | Director | 2024-01-23 | 2026-04-23 |
| TURNER, Aleksandra | Director | 2014-04-01 | 2014-07-31 |
| WILKINSON, Victoria | Director | 2020-09-01 | 2025-12-09 |
| WRIGLEY, Joanne | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 139 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-08-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-09 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.