PRESTON AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1092972 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide free confidential impartial advice, assistance and information to the communitires of Preston and District regardless of gender, sexuality, marital status, religion, race and disability. The Bureau provides a generalist service from its main Bureau in Birley Street, outreach advice services at 11 community based sites and specialist money advice.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OFHEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN PRESTON & DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: THE COMMUNITY IN PRESTON AND DISTRICT AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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 · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £376,083, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of three months' expenditure. The charity reported a net income surplus of £108,750 for the year, with cash at bank increasing to £373,702. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention to suggest non-compliance with accounting standards or the Companies Act.

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 3 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael James Barkerchair
• Ellen Gregory
• Judi Pearson
• Michael John Bradley
• PAUL WOODBURN
• PHILIP HERBERT MATTHEW CROWE Councillor

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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