CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT

Registered charity 1084045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CAERPHILLY COUNTY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, CAERPHILLY COUNTY CAB

We offer free and confidential and independent advice and information to clients in all areas of social welfare law, including benefits, debt, housing, employment and consumer issues.We campaign for change, attempting to tackle some of the underlying issues which give rise to these issues. We collate and use evidence from our clients to influence policy makers, both locally and nationally.

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Latest income
£6.8m
Latest spending
£6.8m
Registered
2000
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased by £416,429 to a total of £4,614,773, with the charity reporting a net income of £285,607 for the year. The trustees note that the organisation has moved away from a simplistic reserves policy based on months of operating costs towards a bespoke target reflecting its specific exposure and risk. The charity holds significant designated funds, including £1,945,000 for pension scheme assets, and reports no funds in significant deficit.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: bespoke to our exposure and risk (held: £4.6m)
CACBG wishes to move away from a simplistic approach based upon three six months of operating costs towards a target reserve level bespoke to our exposure and risk as an organisation. — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income
£6.8m
Total spending
£6.8m
Reserves (reported)
£2.1m
Employees
219

Reported reserves equal ~3.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.8m£6.8m
31/03/2024£6.8m£6.1m
31/03/2023£5.7m£5.2m
31/03/2022£5.2m£4.8m
31/03/2021£4.5m£4.0m

Common questions

Is CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves increased by £416,429 to a total of £4,614,773, with the charity reporting a net income of £285,607 for the year. The trustees note that the organisation has moved away from a simplistic reserves policy based on months of operating costs towards a bespoke target reflecting its specific exposure and risk. The charity holds significant designated funds, including £1,945,000 for pension scheme assets, and reports no funds in significant deficit. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by MHA.

Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT as a grant recipient include THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, MOONDANCE FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2021£35k
MOONDANCE FOUNDATIONFY2022£30kCauses in Wales
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2022£15k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund24/03/2010£5kExpanding Bargoed Citizens Advice Bureau
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2010£50kRecession - CAB CashWise

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT£6.8munclearno doubt
BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.1m0belowno doubt
NOTTINGHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.8m0belowno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT FY2025£2.1m0aboveno doubt
DOVER DEAL AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£368k0belownoted
CITIZENS ADVICE IN EAST DORSET AND PURBECK LTD FY2025£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001aboveno doubt

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