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.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THEPUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION ANDPRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS ANDDISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THECOMMUNITY IN THE COUNTIES OF CAERPHILLY AND BLAENAU GWENT ANDSURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: IN PARTICULAR CAERPHILLY AND BLAENAU GWENT AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

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

Accounts audited by MHA. Discloses 4 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

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

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• COLIN MANN · trustee of 2 other charities
• Damian Vizard
• Edward John Evans
• Gareth Coombes
• Gerard Joseph Donovan FCCA · trustee of 3 other charities
• Glyn Jones
• Karolina Bronislawa Majka
• MOSTYN WILFRED DAVIES
• Phyllis Margaret Howls

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Charities like this

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

• BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.1m
• NOTTINGHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.8m
• CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT income £2.1m
• DOVER DEAL AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £368k
• CITIZENS ADVICE IN EAST DORSET AND PURBECK LTD income £1.3m
• Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited income £1.5m

Side by side with its peers

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