WREXHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1080737 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To ensure individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge of their rights and responsibilities or of the services available to them, or through an inability to express their needs effectively.And equallyTo exercise a responsible influence on the development of social policies and services locally and nationally.

Objects

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 WREXHAM COUNTY AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Area of benefit: THE COUNTY BOROUGH OF WREXHAM AND REASONABLE PROXIMITY THERETO

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £587,574, with unrestricted funds standing at £313,438. The charity reported a net income surplus of £33,985 for the year, having generated £713,776 in total income against £679,791 in expenditure. The trustees confirmed there were no borrowings and sufficient funds to meet obligations on a fund-by-fund basis.

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.

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
• 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

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

Reported reserves equal ~5.5 months of spending — above 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: 4.5% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jeremy Kentchair
• Alison Shields · trustee of 2 other charities
• Anthony Lewis
• Christopher MacKenzie-Grieve
• Klara Atere
• Martin Goldstein · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT WILLIAMS

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WYRE FOREST CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

• WYRE FOREST CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £410k
• DISS, THETFORD AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £733k
• BARNET CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.5m
• CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.4m
• CITIZENS ADVICE READING income £957k
• NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE income £1.6m

Side by side with its peers

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