KNOWSLEY DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Registered charity 1049996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITIZENS ADVICE KNOWSLEY, KNOWSLEY DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £60,503 for the year ended 31 March 2025, maintaining a stable financial foundation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were maintained at a level equivalent to six months of expenditure, meeting the charity's own policy target. The independent auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of expenditure (held: £655k)
“It is the policy of the charity that unrestricted funds which have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to six months, expenditure which based on the current turnover would be an equivalent of £610,000” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Brian Gouldson — Chief Officer (source)
- Chris Kelsall — Chair of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Company officers (Companies House)
Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.
- WOOD, Michelle — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
- LUNT, Chantelle Maria — director, appointed 25/07/2024on trustee list
- MOLLOY, Barry — director, appointed 26/10/2023on trustee list
- PEARCE, Karl — director, appointed 11/05/2023on trustee list
- EZEANATA, Ugochukwu Ikem — director, appointed 28/10/2022on trustee list
- KELSALL, Christopher Robin — director, appointed 27/10/2021on trustee list
- GOULDSON, Brian Wallace — secretary, appointed 23/03/2017
Official officers record.
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold); recorded price paid £33k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~6.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
- Barry Molloy
- Chantelle Lunt
- Chistopher Robin Kelsall
- KARL PEARCE
- Michelle Wood
- UGOCHUKWU IKEM EZEANATA
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Knowsley
Income and spending
Common questions
Is KNOWSLEY DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a surplus of £60,503 for the year ended 31 March 2025, maintaining a stable financial foundation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves were maintained at a level equivalent to six months of expenditure, meeting the charity's own policy target. The independent auditors confirmed that there are no material uncertainties related to the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Mitchell Charlesworth (Audit) Limited.
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