CITIZENS ADVICE 1066
Registered charity 1039704 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HASTINGS AND ROTHER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the year, increasing its total unrestricted reserves to £702,256, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three months' expenditure (held: £702k)
“The trustees aim to hold three months’ expenditure as reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Galloways Accounting (Audit) Ltd. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- HITEVA, Ralitsa Petrova, Dr — director, appointed 18/11/2025on trustee list
- IKEDINMA, Somtochukwu — director, appointed 21/05/2024on trustee list
- MUNN, Geoffrey Richard — director, appointed 21/11/2023on trustee list
- FORSTER-KIRKHAM, Lee Francis — director, appointed 14/06/2016on trustee list
- WATTERS, David Richard — director, appointed 12/04/2016on trustee list
- MENGER, Elizabeth Jane — director, appointed 12/04/2016on trustee list
- TROFIN, Nicolae — director, appointed 12/04/2016on trustee list
- DIGHTON, Tracy — secretary, appointed 31/03/2017
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). 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 ~6.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (07/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- CHRISTOPHER MAYNARD
- DAVID WATTERS
- Dr Ralitsa Petrova Hiteva
- ELIZABETH MENGER
- Geoffrey Richard Munn · trustee of 1 other charity
- LEE FRANCIS FORSTER-KIRKHAM
- NICOLAE TROFIN
- Somtochukwu Ikedinma
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: East Sussex
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CITIZENS ADVICE 1066 financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus for the year, increasing its total unrestricted reserves to £702,256, which exceeds the trustees' policy target of three months' expenditure. The trustees confirm that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Galloways Accounting (Audit) Ltd.
Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE 1066?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE 1066 as a grant recipient include THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION.
Known funders
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