CITIZENS ADVICE CUMBRIA

Registered charity 1079229 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Enabling cooperative actions in obtaining contracts covering the whole county, and subsequently cordinating their delivery by some or all of the five separate CA bureaux acting as sub-contractors

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

Latest income
£286k
Latest spending
£283k
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total unrestricted reserves of £30,450 at the end of the year, which exceeds its stated policy target of £14,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and notes that it has no employees or fixed assets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Macmillan Cancer Support (100% of income)
Macmillan was our sole funder for 2024-25. — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £14,000 (held: £30k)
It has been agreed that the reserves be set at £14,000.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees represent local Citizens Advice offices to whom funding is distributed.
The trustees all represent local CitA offices to whom the funding is distributed. — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£286k£283k
31/03/2024£255k£254k
31/03/2023£206k£208k
31/03/2022£202k£209k
31/03/2021£204k£202k

Common questions

Is CITIZENS ADVICE CUMBRIA financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had total unrestricted reserves of £30,450 at the end of the year, which exceeds its stated policy target of £14,000. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern and notes that it has no employees or fixed assets. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Northern Rock Foundation11/10/2011£92kGrant awarded to Citizens Advice Cumbria (Cumbria)
The National Lottery Community Fund04/09/2008£500kCumbria Advice Network

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
GODMANCHESTER BAPTIST CHURCH1£116k
THE FRIEDA SCOTT CHARITABLE TRUST1£5k
THE DWF FOUNDATION1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CUMBRIA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITIZENS ADVICE CUMBRIA£286k0aboveno doubt
CUMBRIA COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE FY2025£1.4m0unclearno doubt
CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£4.9maboveno doubt
RURAL CAMBS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD FY2025£1.1m0aboveno doubt
ARUN AND CHICHESTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£6.1m£60,001 - £70,000unclearno doubt
Futureproof Cumbria FY2025£1.8m0unclearno doubt

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