GRIMSBY, CLEETHORPES AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1075288 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRIMSBY, CLEETHORPES AND DISTRICT C.A.B.

To provide the advice people need for the problems they face and to improve the policies and practices that affect people's lives. We provide free, independent, confidential and impartial advice to everyone on their rights and responsibilities. We value diversity, promote equality and challenge discrimination.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT 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 NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: GRIMSBY, CLEETHORPES AND DISTRICT

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£535k
Latest spending
£476k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased to £167,797, with unrestricted reserves at £69,000. The trustees report that this figure is below their policy target of three months' operational costs, noting that annual running costs were approximately £409,328. The charity relies on diverse funding sources including council contracts and grants, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue trading.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £69k; policy: three months operational costs)
“The aim was to achieve a figure equivalent to three months operational costs. Currently the figure is £147,420 compared to annual running costs in 2024/2025 of approximately £409,328. The reserves of the Charity as at 31st March 2025 in total were £167,797 compared to £108,840 In 2024.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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

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

Total income
£535k
Total spending
£476k
Reserves (reported)
£168k
Employees
15

Reported reserves equal ~4.2 months of spending — below the median 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: North East Lincolnshire · North Lincolnshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£535k£476k
31/03/2024£490k£521k
31/03/2023£466k£461k
31/03/2022£447k£446k
31/03/2021£536k£474k

Common questions

Is GRIMSBY, CLEETHORPES AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased to £167,797, with unrestricted reserves at £69,000. The trustees report that this figure is below their policy target of three months' operational costs, noting that annual running costs were approximately £409,328. The charity relies on diverse funding sources including council contracts and grants, with no material uncertainties identified regarding its ability to continue trading. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
A B Charitable Trust21/01/2026£25kA grant to Grimsby, Cleethorpes & District Citizens Advice (Citizens Advice Bureau)
UK government01/04/2024£17kTransition to eVisa Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2024£126kMinimising Harm; Maximising Help
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2021£124kMinimising Harm Maximising Help
UK government30/06/2020£42kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund01/06/2016£461kNorthern Lincolnshire Advice Network
The National Lottery Community Fund30/05/2007£609kAdvice Service for the Socially Excluded
The National Lottery Community Fund22/12/2006£2kVisually Impaired Volunteer Project
The National Lottery Community Fund29/11/2005£165kRecruitment and Training of CAB Volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund16/11/2005£5kThere is no project name available for this record
UK government—£20kLitigants in Person Scheme 2