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Citizens Advice Greenwich

Registered charity 1064404 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GREENWICH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED, GREENWICH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LTD

OUR MISSION IS :- TO PROVIDE THE ADVICE PEOPLE NEED FOR THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE- TO IMPROVE THE POLICIES AND PRACTICES THAT AFFECT PEOPLE'S LIVESGCAB PROVIDES FREE, INDEPENDENT, CONFIDENTIAL AND IMPARTIAL ADVICE TO PEOPLE IN THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF GREENWICH AND SURROUNDING AREAS ON THEIR RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND TO SEAFARERS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS ACROSS THE UK.

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

Latest income
£990k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves from £141,577 to £113,316. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting one month's operating expenditure or £100,000, whichever is greater, and the current unrestricted reserves of £113,316 exceed this stated target.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (47% of income)
“Total income from charitable activities 2025 5,294 985,015 990,309 963,116” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one month’s operating expenditure or £100,000, whichever is the greater (held: £113k)
“The trustees consider that it would be prudent to aim to set aside an amount equivalent to one month’s operating expenditure or £100,000, whichever is the greater.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Goldwins Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

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

Total income
£990k
Total spending
£1.0m
Reserves (reported)
£113k
Employees
24

Reported reserves equal ~1.3 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£990k£1.0m
31/03/2024£963k£942k
31/03/2023£843k£889k
31/03/2022£981k£1.0m
31/03/2021£1.0m£1.1m

Common questions

Is Citizens Advice Greenwich financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure for the year, reducing its total unrestricted reserves from £141,577 to £113,316. The trustees maintain a reserves policy targeting one month's operating expenditure or £100,000, whichever is greater, and the current unrestricted reserves of £113,316 exceed this stated target. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Goldwins Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund20/09/2012£6kGreenwich CAB I.T. project
The National Lottery Community Fund12/07/2005£136kAdvice and Outreach Work for Disabled, Sick and Elderly people