WEALDEN CITIZENS ADVICE

Registered charity 1090666 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as UCKFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

The Charity aims to promote any charitable purpose for the benefit of the community primarily from the Wealden District Council area by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY PRIMARILY FROM THE WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA ("THE ARE OF BENEFIT") BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: THE COMMUNITY PRIMARILY FROM THE WEALDEN DISTRICT COUNCIL AREA

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

Causes: 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 surplus of £3,872 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves standing at £116,496. The trustees maintain a reserves policy aiming for three months of normal operating expenditure, which the current unrestricted funds exceed. The charity confirms it has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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
• 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
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice Wealden (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Linda Bonnerchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Corrinne Askaroff Ms
• David Rule
• David Whensley
• Graham Shaw · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah Dickinson Ms
• John Perry
• Kristina Watson
• Nick Foskett
• Paul Roche
• Tim Murray

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

Operates in: East Sussex

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).