HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE
Registered charity 1054505 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as FULHAM CAB
Provision of confidential, free, impartial, independent, generalist advice. Promotes equality and diversity and challenges discrimination.
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £658,807, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of four months' committed expenditure (approximately £487,584). The charity reported an overall excess of income over expenditure of £102,426 for the year ended 31 March 2025.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: four months committed expenditure (held: £659k)
“The Trustee Board has established a policy whereby the total unrestricted reserve should be at the level of four months committed expenditure which is around £487,584 at the present time.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Hartley Fowler LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
What the charity says about itself (2025-26)
From its own voluntary annual review / impact report — the charity’s account of its work, distinct from the statutory accounts analysed above.
Claim about winning an award, which is a verifiable factual event mentioned in the report.
“winning the “Best Use of Innovation” at the Inaugural Advising Londoners Award”
Claim about running community libraries, a concrete activity.
“we run two local community libraries, keeping vital neighbourhood hubs vibrant and accessible”
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Viki Phillips — Chief Executive Officer (Interim) (source)
- Ben Gallagher — Chair (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.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.9 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).
- Andrew Sula
- Ben Gallagher
- COUNCILLOR WESLEY STEPHEN HARCOURT
- Claire Larnder
- Dermot Walsh
- Harry Brackley
- Ka YI Wong
- Phil Brough
- Richard Holmes
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hammersmith And Fulham · Northern Ireland · Scotland
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £658,807, which is above the trustees' stated policy target of four months' committed expenditure (approximately £487,584). The charity reported an overall excess of income over expenditure of £102,426 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hartley Fowler LLP.
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