EXETER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1091143 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EXETER CAB

The charity provides free advice to the general public on a range of issues, including debt and money, benefit and tax credits, housing, family issues and consumer advice. Largely, those benefiting from our services are those most in need, particularly those in financial hardship.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £34,870 and unrestricted reserves of £319,909. However, the trustees report a budgeted deficit of £93,000 for the upcoming year due to significant reductions in local authority funding, noting material uncertainty about future outcomes while maintaining that reserves are sufficient for the next 12 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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 04334063
• Trading subsidiary: EXETER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU (SERVICES) LIMITED Companies House 06561932

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• TURGOOSE, Margaret — director, appointed 27/05/2026on trustee list
• ONSLOW, Lianne Marie — director, appointed 01/01/2026on trustee list
• PERCIVAL, Ian Stephen — director, appointed 27/11/2024on trustee list
• WILLMOTT, Richard George Greville — director, appointed 30/07/2024on trustee list
• SCOTT, Robert Arthur — director, appointed 28/07/2024on trustee list
• YEO, Michael John — director, appointed 17/07/2024on trustee list
• OLIVER, Joseph Robert — director, appointed 29/09/2021on trustee list
• MCDONALD, Kim Marie — director, appointed 23/06/2021on trustee list
• RICHARDSON, Gordon Thomas — director, appointed 19/04/2017on trustee list
• SALTER, Stephen John — director, appointed 22/10/2008on trustee list

Official officers record.

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.

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (60% 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

• GORDON THOMAS RICHARDSON
• Ian Stephen Percival
• Joseph Robert Oliver
• Kim Marie McDonald · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lianne Marie Onslow
• Margaret Turgoose
• Michael John Yeo
• Richard George Greville Willmott
• Robert Arthur Scott · trustee of 2 other charities
• STEPHEN SALTER

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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