NORTH SOMERSET CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1052967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTH SOMERSET CAB, WOODSPRING CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Advice Services

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted reserves from £287,879 to £242,448. The trustees note that the overall reserves position decreased from £480,928 to £228,187 due to the end of medium to long-term funding for certain projects. Despite this reduction, the trustees maintain that the charity has a balanced budget for the upcoming year and is developing strategies to ensure future financial sustainability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Albert Goodman LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — North Somerset Citizens Advice Bureau (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Acts 435 — “Acts 435 is a national Christian charity that directly connects those who want to help with those who are facing poverty or hardship, often …” (source page)
• Age UK Somerset — “Age UK Somerset provides an independent, confidential and free advice service for older people and their families. Support includes help wit…” (source page)
• ACFA — “ACFA is a network of advice centres in Bristol, South Gloucestershire & North Somerset, to improve the quality and provision of free, indepe…” (source page)
• Alliance Homes — “Alliance Homes offer a wide range of support services to people living in North Somerset with the aim of supporting you to live independent,…” (source page)
• Alzheimer's Society — “Alzheimer's support everyone effected by dementia, including family members and carers, by providing the knowledge, understanding and inform…” (source page)
• PayPlan — “PayPlan offer free debt advice.” (source page)
• Brigstowe — “Brigstowe offers specialist, confidential and free support, advice and information to anyone affected by HIV. Its mission is to enhance the …” (source page)
• Bristol Law Centre — “Bristol Law Centre provides specialist free legal advice in Bristol and beyond, for people who could not otherwise access justice.” (source page)
• Bristol Mind — “Bristol Mind aims to promote a positive view of mental health and provide services that are accessible, relevant and empowering to the peopl…” (source page)
• The Centre for Sustainable Energy — “The Centre for Sustainable Energy is an independent national charity that shares our knowledge and experience to help people change the way …” (source page)
• Clevedon District Foodbank — “Clevedon District Foodbank provides three days' nutritionally balanced emergency food and support to people in the Clevedon area who are ref…” (source page)
• The Community Justice Fund — “The Community Justice Fund helps specialist social welfare legal advice organisations cope with the immediate impact of the COVID-19 pandemi…” (source page)
• Home-Start North Somerset — “Home-Start North Somerset offers free, confidential support, friendship and practical help to parents in North Somerset, by means of parent-…” (source page)
• The For All Healthy Living Company — “The For All Healthy Living Company, runs the Healthy Living Centre and provides a range of services, facilities and activities for the local…” (source page)
• The Legal Aid Agency — “The Legal Aid Agency provides civil and criminal legal aid and advice in England and Wales to help people deal with their legal problems.” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £235k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Reported reserves equal ~1.2 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% 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).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Farid Saadachair
• Catherine Helen Coleman
• Dr Adam Massey
• Emma Gliddon · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Reeve
• Peter Bray
• Philippa Mary Clark
• Richard Penska · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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 CITIZENS ADVICE MID LINCOLNSHIRE.

• CITIZENS ADVICE MID LINCOLNSHIRE income £501k
• CITIZENS ADVICE IN WEST SUSSEX (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST) income £2.7m
• Citizens Advice Somerset income £2.3m
• THE NORTH TYNESIDE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £2.9m
• CITIZENS ADVICE SWANSEA NEATH PORT TALBOT LIMITED income £1.4m
• CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT income £2.1m

Side by side with its peers

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