SOUTHEND ON SEA GUILD OF HELP AND CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Registered charity 1090600 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTHEND-ON-SEA CAB
We provide advice and information to the community of Southend-on-Sea and beyond
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £218,517 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £1,656,879. Per the trustees' report, these net current assets are sufficient to cover 95% of annual operating expenditure, exceeding the stated policy target of 50%. The trustees confirm there are no going concern issues due to firm funding agreements in place.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: 50% of annual operating expenditure (held: £1.7m)
“The level of reserves the Charity needs is estimated to be 50% of annual operating expenditure.” — page 23
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Azets Audit Services. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Leadership, per the charity’s website
- Riz Awan — Chief Officer (source)
- Paula Whittle — Chair of Trustees (source)
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Property (HM Land Registry)
1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 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
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Cost of raising funds
£1.1m
Reported reserves equal ~16.2 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Other trading activities (77% 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: 71.8% of total income — above the 90th percentile for charities its size (median 5.2%) (benchmarks).
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Southend-on-sea
Income and spending
Common questions
Is SOUTHEND ON SEA GUILD OF HELP AND CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £218,517 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with unrestricted reserves totaling £1,656,879. Per the trustees' report, these net current assets are sufficient to cover 95% of annual operating expenditure, exceeding the stated policy target of 50%. The trustees confirm there are no going concern issues due to firm funding agreements in place. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Azets Audit Services.
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