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UTTLESFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1078222 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Charity has established and conducts Citizens Advice Bureau in Saffron Walden and Great Dunmow to provide a free confidential and impartial service of advice, information and counsel for the public. It also provides an outreach advice service from premises in Thaxted and Stansted

Causes: Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£507k
Latest spending
£481k
Registered
1999
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £25,740 and holds total reserves of £389,797, with £368,535 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that cash reserves are sufficient to cover at least six months of operating costs if core funding were withdrawn. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months day-to-day operating costs (held: £369k)
“It is the policy of the Charity to hold reserves sufficient to cover at least six months day-to-day operating costs of the Charity” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Donations and management fees from Frontline Referrals Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary.
“During the year the charity received donations and management fees of £23,699 (2024: £4,205) from Frontline Referrals Ltd, a company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of the charity.” — page 22
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Frontline Referrals Ltd
“Frontline Referrals, a company owned and controlled by Uttlesford Citizens Advice, continued to perform well” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

3 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£507k
Total spending
£481k
Reserves (reported)
£389k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~9.7 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Hertfordshire · Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£507k£481k
31/03/2024£536k£474k
31/03/2023£329k£332k
31/03/2022£430k£426k
31/03/2021£368k£332k

Common questions

Is UTTLESFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £25,740 and holds total reserves of £389,797, with £368,535 in unrestricted funds. The trustees report that cash reserves are sufficient to cover at least six months of operating costs if core funding were withdrawn. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and has no disclosed pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2020£9kCitizens Advice in Great Dunmow
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2007£9kuttlesford CAB access initiative