SUTTON BOROUGH CITIZENS' ADVICE BUREAUX

Registered charity 1061654 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX, Citizens Advice Sutton

ensure that individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities, and equally to exercise a responsible influence on the development of services both locally and nationally.

Objects

THE COMPANY'S OBJECTS ARE FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT 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 THE AREA OF THE LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: LONDON BOROUGH OF SUTTON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sutton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £193,700 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £483,468. The trustees note that the charity has sufficient unrestricted reserves to cover approximately three months of operating costs and aims to raise this to four months in the future. The pension scheme, previously in deficit, is now in a net asset position of £169,000, although no asset is recognised on the balance sheet due to lack of an unconditional right to refund.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Palmer McCarthy. 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2022 (received 13/03/2023, 41 days after the 31/01/2023 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~3.5 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW CHARLES THEOBALD · trustee of 2 other charities
• ASHLEY THOMAS
• JASON GOLD
• NIGEL QUINNEY
• PETER HONOUR
• Paul Anthony Lawrence
• Phillip Ang
• Sampath Sundaram

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

Operates in: Sutton

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• RUSHMOOR CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.8m
• BRENT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £875k
• SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.8m
• BARROW CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £453k
• SOUTHWARK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE income £2.1m
• HOUNSLOW CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE income £1.7m

Side by side with its peers

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