NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1086489 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of a free, confidential, impartial, independent service of advice guidance and support to anyone in North Hertfordshire and South Cambridgeshire.

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

Latest income
£725k
Latest spending
£776k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £51,141 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £353,480 to £302,339. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds sufficient reserves to cover more than three months of operating costs, which falls within the National Association of Citizens Advice low-risk category.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months’ worth of costs (held: £302k)
This falls within the National Association of Citizens Advice low risk category of three to six months’ worth of costs.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice North Hertfordshire (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

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

Total income
£725k
Total spending
£776k
Reserves (reported)
£302k
Employees
26

Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£725k£776k
31/03/2024£846k£803k
31/03/2023£644k£669k
31/03/2022£639k£620k
31/03/2021£595k£547k

Common questions

Is NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £51,141 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total unrestricted funds from £353,480 to £302,339. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds sufficient reserves to cover more than three months of operating costs, which falls within the National Association of Citizens Advice low-risk category. 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 Fund27/09/2018£10kImproved Resources for Volunteers
The National Lottery Community Fund15/07/2010£10kRelocation

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with THE NORTH TYNESIDE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH HERTFORDSHIRE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU£725k0withinno doubt
THE NORTH TYNESIDE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£2.9munclearno doubt
LUTON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£726k0aboveno doubt
HERTSMERE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£755k0unclearno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE COLCHESTER FY2026£294k0unclearno doubt
BARNET CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.5maboveno doubt

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