ASHFORD BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE

Registered charity 1058302 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ASHFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

The bureau provides an independant and confidential information, advice and support service to citizens of all ages and backgrounds on a wide range of issues ranging from debt, benefits, employment, consumer, relationships, legal, housing and many others. We help citizens deal with their problems by providing information that enables them to make the right decisions for themselves.

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Latest income
£246k
Latest spending
£279k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £32,594 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £236,792 to £207,115. The trustees note severe financial constraints and continued pressure on funding budgets, yet confirm that current reserves and budgeted income are sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern for the next 12 months.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months operating expenditure (held: £207k)
The Trustees consider it appropriate to hold unrestricted reserues equivalent to six months operating expenditure which would be in the region of f-139,307 — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£246k£279k
31/03/2024£245k£256k
31/03/2023£214k£232k
31/03/2022£358k£250k
31/03/2021£299k£222k

Common questions

Is ASHFORD BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £32,594 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £236,792 to £207,115. The trustees note severe financial constraints and continued pressure on funding budgets, yet confirm that current reserves and budgeted income are sufficient to maintain the charity as a going concern for the next 12 months. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government24/08/2020£15kVSCE CMC Fund

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Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ASHFORD BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE£246k0unclearno doubt
BROXBOURNE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£242k0unclearno doubt
BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.1m0belowno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LTD FY2025£1.3m0unclearno doubt
Citizens Advice East Suffolk FY2025£1.2m0aboveno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE 1066 FY2025£1.4m0aboveno doubt

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