TELFORD AND THE WREKIN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX

Registered charity 1077566 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Advice, support on all problems affecting the general public

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a small deficit of £851 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a surplus in the previous year. The Trustees consider the financial position satisfactory and maintain adequate unrestricted reserves of £946,605 to support ongoing operations. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~11.5 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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

• David John Charles Shelmerdinechair
• Dipak Kothari
• Julia Bennett
• Julie Anne Twynholm
• Samuel Thomas Chilvers
• Sherrel Fikeis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Timothy Elliott

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

Operates in: Telford & Wrekin

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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