WEST VIEW ADVICE AND RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED

Registered charity 1084632 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of comprehensive benefits advice,focusing on providing free, confidential, independent advice in relation to: welfare benefits, debt, money management, housing issues, employment law, energy efficiency and general advice. The Community Centre provides a venue for use by groups, addressing isolation, loneliness, promoting healthy eating and exercise, catering for all age groups.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£494k
Latest spending
£474k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £33,309, which is below the trustees' stated prudent target of approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase to £20,044 and held total net assets of £152,488, with the independent examiner confirming no matters requiring attention were found during the examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately six months unrestricted expenditure (held: £33k)
The trustees also consider that it is prudent to ensure that there are sufficient free reserves at a level which equates to approximately six months unrestricted expenditure. — 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£494k£474k
31/03/2024£436k£447k
31/03/2023£391k£419k
31/03/2022£343k£322k
31/03/2021£384k£323k

Common questions

Is WEST VIEW ADVICE AND RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted free reserves stood at £33,309, which is below the trustees' stated prudent target of approximately six months of unrestricted expenditure. The charity reported a net income increase to £20,044 and held total net assets of £152,488, with the independent examiner confirming no matters requiring attention were found during the examination. 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 Fund23/11/2010£49kImproving Financial Capability
Northern Rock Foundation13/03/2007£117kGrant awarded to West View Advice and Resource Centre (Tees Valley)
Northern Rock Foundation08/03/2005£64kGrant awarded to West View Advice and Resource Centre (Tees Valley)

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE LTD.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEST VIEW ADVICE AND RESOURCE CENTRE LIMITED£494k0unclearno doubt
COMMUNITY ADVICE AND LAW SERVICE LTD FY2025£4.2m0aboveno doubt
NOTTINGHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.8m0belowno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT FY2025£2.1m0aboveno doubt
MARY WARD LEGAL CENTRE FY2025£1.5m0unclearnoted
CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT FY2025£6.8munclearno doubt

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