CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER
Registered charity 1010167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER LTD, MANCHESTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE
To promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community in the City of Manchester ('the principle area of benefit') and elsewhere by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £61,174 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £8,330,282. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves of £1,878,383 are considered to be in line with the stated reserves policy target of three months' running costs.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: Charitable activities
“Charitable activities 3 5,669,437 2,582,675 8,252,112 7,967,329” — page 19
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months' running costs (held: £1.9m)
“unrestricted free reserves (not designated or reserved for specific purposes should be set at 3 months’ running costs (£2,082m at 31/03/25).” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~2.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (05/03/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Mark Lyonettechair
- Abimbola Alade Oredugba
- Anthony Robinson
- Conor Meenan
- Elizabeth Virginia Hibbert
- Grenville Victor Page
- Janet Mitton
- Michael Kay · trustee of 1 other charity
- William Priest
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £61,174 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £8,330,282. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves of £1,878,383 are considered to be in line with the stated reserves policy target of three months' running costs. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER as a grant recipient include SOLICITORS BENEVOLENT ASSOCIATION LIMITED.
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