CITIZENS ADVICE HILLINGDON LTD

Registered charity 1045991 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HILLINGDON AND EALING CITIZENS ADVICE, HILLINGDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE

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Latest income
£682k
Latest spending
£740k
Registered
1995
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £58,067 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that adequate resources continue to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future, supported by a strong cash position of £202,449 and unrestricted reserves of £214,614.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: London Borough of Hillingdon (42% of income)
“Our acquisition and retention of new sources of funding has continued to mitigate our reliance on the unrestricted grant from LBH which represented 42% of total grant income in 2024-25” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Parker Cavendish. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£682k
Total spending
£740k
Reserves (reported)
£215k
Employees
18

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Hillingdon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£682k£740k
31/03/2024£801k£833k
31/03/2023£689k£762k
31/03/2022£765k£790k
31/03/2021£679k£704k

Common questions

Is CITIZENS ADVICE HILLINGDON LTD financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure deficit of £58,067 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Despite this deficit, the trustees confirm that adequate resources continue to be available to fund activities for the foreseeable future, supported by a strong cash position of £202,449 and unrestricted reserves of £214,614. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Parker Cavendish.

Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE HILLINGDON LTD?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE HILLINGDON LTD as a grant recipient include TRUST FOR LONDON, THE ARCHER TRUST, THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST, A P TAYLOR TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
TRUST FOR LONDONFY2022£82kDecent living standards
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2022£2kReceived a grant to enable it to start a new outreach service to those with Aids at a time when the service was overwhelmed by the impact of the pandemic on tho
THE ARCHER TRUSTFY2023£1kCharitable activities
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUSTFY2021£1k
A P TAYLOR TRUSTFY2023£750
A P TAYLOR TRUSTFY2022£750

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/11/2025£20kConnected Communities: Hillingdon
City Bridge Foundation09/02/2025£45kGrant to Citizens Advice Hillingdon LTD
The National Lottery Community Fund05/12/2024£388kEmploying Hillingdon
City Bridge Foundation06/12/2021£134kGrant to Citizens Advice Hillingdon LTD
The National Lottery Community Fund08/04/2010£7kEnhanced Telephone Gateway Assessment Service

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WILTSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITIZENS ADVICE HILLINGDON LTD£682k—0unclear—no doubt
WILTSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt
HILLINGDON LAW CENTRE FY2025£305k—0unclear—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LTD FY2025£1.3m—0unclear—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT FY2025£2.1m—0above—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE COLCHESTER FY2026£294k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.