ASHFORD BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE

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

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Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN ASHFORD BOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: UNITED KINGDOM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Ashford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

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

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03242709

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• RIDING, Lesley — director, appointed 28/07/2026not on trustee list
• CARDYN, George — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
• KHAN, Asiya — director, appointed 23/10/2025on trustee list
• LEWIS, Alison — director, appointed 23/05/2024on trustee list
• BIRCHMORE, Emily — director, appointed 30/10/2019on trustee list
• THOM, Deirdre Ann Gillian — director, appointed 27/07/2001not on trustee list

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

4 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (3 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (10/03/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (26/11/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alison Lewis
• Asiya Khan
• Brian Fox
• DEIDRE THOM
• Emily Birchmore
• George Cardyn
• Michael Banks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.4m
• BROXBOURNE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £242k
• WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £615k
• BARROW CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £453k
• PEMBROKESHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £819k
• BROMSGROVE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £558k

Side by side with its peers

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