DISS, THETFORD AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1089052 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DISS AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

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

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE 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 DISS AND THETFORD AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: DISS, THETFORD AND THE SURROUNDING AREA, INCLUDING PARTS OF SUFFOLK.

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 Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £3,870 for the year ended 31 March 2025, a significant change from the prior year's surplus of £587,707 which included a £575,000 legacy. Free reserves stood at £183,930, which the trustees confirm are in line with their policy of holding three months of operating costs (£184k). The trustees maintain a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next twelve months.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in 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)

Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Mario Anastasiades
• Mark Reza Aryaeenia
• Michelle Elizabeth Denny
• Peter Richard Norman

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire · Essex · Norfolk · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

• CAMBRIDGE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.4m
• WYRE FOREST CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £410k
• NORTH AND WEST GLOUCESTERSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE income £1.6m
• SUTTON BOROUGH CITIZENS' ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.9m
• CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT income £2.1m
• MID SUFFOLK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £332k

Side by side with its peers

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