PETERBOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1068198 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITIZENS ADVICE PETERBOROUGH, PETERBOROUGH CAB

Peterborough Citizens Advice Bureau is an independently run and financed local charity which has been serving the people of Peterborough since April 1967. We are the only mainstream, exclusively free provider of quality accredited advice in Peterborough; our aim to focus on those in greatest need; with our services being used by over 8,500 people each year, often due to a crisis in their lives.

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

Latest income

£369k

Latest spending

£500k

Registered

1998

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £131,909 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £224,213. Per the trustees' report, the organization remains confident it will continue to operate in the foreseeable future, despite facing a challenging fundraising environment and the loss of unrestricted core funding from Peterborough City Council.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (62% of income)

“Total income 139,287 229,214 368,501” — page 12

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: three months normal operating expenditure (held: £224k)

“The Trustees undertake an annual review and have determined that the aim should be to have total unrestricted reserves equivalent to three months normal operating expenditure.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The trustees assess whether the use of going concern is appropriate i.e. whether there are any material uncertainties related to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the ability of the charity to continue as a going concern.” — page 16

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice Peterborough (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£515k

Total spending

£654k

Reserves (reported)

£284k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~5.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (73% 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Amanda Thompson
Anna Maria Lee · trustee of 1 other charity
Claire Sismek
Livia Thomas
Nikki Dekker
Stuart Potter

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Peterborough City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£369k	£500k
31/03/2024	£515k	£654k
31/03/2023	£502k	£352k
31/03/2022	£361k	£503k
31/03/2021	£689k	£596k

Common questions

Is PETERBOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity incurred a deficit of £131,909 for the year ended 31 March 2025, reducing its unrestricted reserves to £224,213. Per the trustees' report, the organization remains confident it will continue to operate in the foreseeable future, despite facing a challenging fundraising environment and the loss of unrestricted core funding from Peterborough City Council. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds PETERBOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU?

Funders whose own accounts filings name PETERBOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU as a grant recipient include THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, THE HEADLEY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	FY2021	£50k
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2024	£30k	Cost of Living Support.
THE HEADLEY TRUST	FY2023	£30k	Cost of Living support.
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION	FY2022	£15k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/02/2026	£20k	Telephone Initial Contact
The National Lottery Community Fund	20/02/2025	£20k	Adviceline Assessor
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/01/2024	£20k	Adviceline Assessor
The National Lottery Community Fund	18/11/2022	£9k	Cost of Living Assessor
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/08/2021	£10k	Telephone Advice
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/06/2018	£10k	Citizens Advice Peterborough Intranet
The National Lottery Community Fund	29/03/2016	£4k	CAP Digital Learning Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/07/2011	£3k	Peterborough CAB Access to Advice Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/05/2010	£7k	Peterborough CAB Access Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	04/09/2008	£473k	Advice Integration Project
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/11/2006	£113k	Peterborough CAB Traveller Project