HERTSMERE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Registered charity 1064996 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUSHEY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, ELSTREE AND BOREHAMWOOD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, POTTERS BAR CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU IN HERTSMERE, THE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE IN HERTSMERE
Provision of Citizens Advice Bureau Services to those who work & live in Hertsmere
Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £91,197 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £683,475. The trustees note that the charity is dependent on a substantial grant from Hertsmere Borough Council to maintain its core service, although a five-year agreement is in place until March 2028.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: meet any reasonable foreseeable contingency (held: £683k)
“HCAB is required to ensure that free monies are available in each financial year to meet any reasonable foreseeable contingency.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Parker Cavendish. 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).
- Hertsmere Borough Council — “Thank you to all our supporters
Hertsmere Borough Council | Hertfordshire County Council | Trussell Trust | Department for Work and Pensions” (source page)
- Hertfordshire County Council — “Thank you to all our supporters
Hertsmere Borough Council | Hertfordshire County Council | Trussell Trust | Department for Work and Pensions” (source page)
- Trussell Trust — “Thank you to all our supporters
Hertsmere Borough Council | Hertfordshire County Council | Trussell Trust | Department for Work and Pensions” (source page)
- Department for Work and Pensions — “Thank you to all our supporters
Hertsmere Borough Council | Hertfordshire County Council | Trussell Trust | Department for Work and Pensions” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~12.3 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- ASHA MANJEET STRONG
- Alireza Ghaffari FCA · trustee of 2 other charities
- BINOY MISTRY
- DEEPA DOSHI
- HELEN DIANE WARNE
- HENRY NATHAN LOCKWOOD
- JACQUELINE KATE GAFFIN
- JANICE ALISON MYERSON
- MALCOLM SAMUEL CURZON
- RICHARD BARTHOLEMEW BINNS
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hertfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is HERTSMERE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £91,197 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £683,475. The trustees note that the charity is dependent on a substantial grant from Hertsmere Borough Council to maintain its core service, although a five-year agreement is in place until March 2028. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Parker Cavendish.
Government & lottery funding
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Side by side with its peers
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