BARROW CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1077427 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Citizens Advice Barrow

TO PROVIDE THE ADVICE PEOPLE NEED FOR THE PROBLEMS THEY FACE AND TO IMPROVE THE POLICIES AND PRACTISES THAT AFFECT PEOPLES' LIVES

Objects

FOR THE PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BARROW AND DISTRICT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION,THE PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: BARROW AND DISTRICT

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

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

Registered contact address: Westmorland and Furness, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £29,681 and unrestricted funds of £399,821, which the trustees consider appropriate for operational needs. The filing confirms there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Colin Hewson
• Frederick Anthony Chatfield
• Lois Kate Postlethwaite
• Lucy Mayou
• Natalie Calvert
• Rebecca Louise Knagg
• Reginald Hammond

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BROMSGROVE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

• BROMSGROVE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £558k
• WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £615k
• EASTBOURNE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £616k
• MIDDLESBROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £753k
• WREXHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £714k
• RUSHMOOR CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.3m

Side by side with its peers

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