REDBRIDGE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1091547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as REDBRIDGE CAB

Our services are free, confidential, independent & impartial, providing advice & information in Redbridge. We campaign to influence the development of social policies & ensure individuals do not suffer through lack of knowledge. In addition to generalist advice, we provide specialist advisory services in debt, welfare benefits and employment. We offer volunteering opportunities in various roles.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN THE LONDON BOROUGH OF REDBRIDGE BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: REDBRIDGE

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

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £20,666 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds increasing to £243,994. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £243,994 are above the stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure, providing a stable basis for ongoing operations.

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
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

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

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

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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

• Abirede Similolu Olapadechair · trustee of 1 other charity
• ALAN JEFFERY · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alison Sheppard
• Ebenezer Anjorin · trustee of 1 other charity
• Nadia Qayum · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Redbridge

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Community Action Redbridge.

• Community Action Redbridge income £1.1m
• Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited income £1.5m
• BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.1m
• VISION REDBRIDGE CULTURE AND LEISURE income £26.1m
• REDBRIDGE SPORTS CENTRE TRUST LIMITED income £2.6m
• HAVERING CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

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