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WAKEFIELD DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX

Registered charity 1058086 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PONTEFRACT OFFICE, SOUTH ELMSALL OFFICE, WAKEFIELD DISTRICT CAB, WAKEFIELD OFFICE

Provides advocacy/advice/information

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.0m
Latest spending
£1.1m
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds stood at £511,892 as of 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves of £518,603. The charity reported a net deficit of £6,050 for the year, primarily driven by charitable activity expenditure exceeding income. The trustees maintain an Emergency Contingency Fund of £385,825, which aligns with their stated policy of holding six months of costs coverage.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £519k)
“To be able to operate for at least six months should mainstream funding cease to enable Citizens Advice Wakefield District to either run down or implement emergency strategies. This is known as the ‘Emergency Contingency Fund’.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: CAWD is a member of Nova, and the CEO is a Trustee of Nova. Nova provides grants to CAWD.
“CAWD is a member of the Wakefield third sector membership organisation, Nova. The CEO of CAWD is a Trustee of Nova. Nova provides some funding to CAWD in the form of grants which are awarded by an independent panel of Nova.” — page 9
“Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre rents office space in King Street and offers the Pensionwise service to Wakefield residents from our premises.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre rents office space in King Street from CAWD.
“CAWD is a member of the Wakefield third sector membership organisation, Nova. The CEO of CAWD is a Trustee of Nova. Nova provides some funding to CAWD in the form of grants which are awarded by an independent panel of Nova.” — page 9
“Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre rents office space in King Street and offers the Pensionwise service to Wakefield residents from our premises.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: CAWD rents out two offices to Ingeus, a third-party organisation working with the probation service.
“CAWD is a member of the Wakefield third sector membership organisation, Nova. The CEO of CAWD is a Trustee of Nova. Nova provides some funding to CAWD in the form of grants which are awarded by an independent panel of Nova.” — page 9
“Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre rents office space in King Street and offers the Pensionwise service to Wakefield residents from our premises.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice Wakefield District (matched by registered charity number).

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

Total income
£1.1m
Total spending
£1.1m
Reserves (reported)
£386k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~4.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.0m£1.1m
31/03/2024£1.0m£995k
31/03/2023£865k£887k
31/03/2022£1.0m£1.0m
31/03/2021£1.0m£1.0m

Common questions

Is WAKEFIELD DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds stood at £511,892 as of 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves of £518,603. The charity reported a net deficit of £6,050 for the year, primarily driven by charitable activity expenditure exceeding income. The trustees maintain an Emergency Contingency Fund of £385,825, which aligns with their stated policy of holding six months of costs coverage. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade & Cooper Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund21/05/2026£20kContinuing training for volunteers at Citizens Advice Wakefield District
The National Lottery Community Fund03/04/2025£20kTraining volunteers for Citizens Advice Wakefield District
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2023£64kAdvice for Mental Health Service Users
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2010£10kUpgrading of computers
The National Lottery Community Fund22/05/2006£5kThere is no project name available for this record

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION1£68k
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£25k
SWANSEA C V S1£14k
THE ROPER FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST1£9k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with DIAL WAKEFIELD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WAKEFIELD DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX£1.0m—0above—no doubt
DIAL WAKEFIELD FY2025£139k—0unclear—no doubt
WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole FY2025£1.4m——unclear—no doubt
RUSHMOOR CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
BATH AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£996k—0unclear—no doubt

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