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LEWISHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED

Registered charity 1075040 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEWISHAM CAB SERVICE

The service is established for the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the administrative area of the London Borough of Lewisham and surrounding areas bu the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1.5m
Latest spending
£1.5m
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £47,774 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £585,759. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level surpasses the stated policy target of three months of operating costs (£420,000), indicating a stable financial position despite ongoing pension liabilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1 £60,001 - £70,000” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
“The number of employees whose employee benefits (excluding employer pension costs) exceeded £60,000 was: 2025 1” — page 42
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of operating costs (held: £586k)
“The Trustees have a policy of maintaining at least three months of operating costs in unrestricted reserves. As of March 2025, unrestricted reserves were £585,759, surpassing the target of £420,000.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Hartley Fowler LLP. Discloses 6 of 6 completeness components.

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

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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

Total income
£1.5m
Total spending
£1.5m
Reserves (reported)
£586k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lewisham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2024£1.9m£1.7m
31/03/2023£1.6m£1.6m
31/03/2022£1.5m£1.5m
31/03/2021£1.6m£1.5m

Common questions

Is LEWISHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £47,774 for the year ended 31 March 2025, increasing its unrestricted reserves to £585,759. Per the trustees' report, this reserve level surpasses the stated policy target of three months of operating costs (£420,000), indicating a stable financial position despite ongoing pension liabilities. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hartley Fowler LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of LEWISHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
City Bridge Foundation03/04/2018£2kEco audit to Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureau Service
The National Lottery Community Fund18/11/2010£10kICT Update Project
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£190kVolunteer Recruitment

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION1£178k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION1£173k
CIVIC POWER FUND1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEWISHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED£1.5m£60,001 - £70,0001above—no doubt
WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt
RUSHMOOR CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX FY2025£1.3m—0above—no doubt
SOUTHEND ON SEA GUILD OF HELP AND CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.5m—0unclear—no doubt
Citizens Advice East Hampshire Limited FY2025£779k—0unclear—no doubt
WESTMINSTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE FY2025£1.7m—0below—no doubt

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