MIDDLESBROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1096071 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

to provide advice and assistance to members of the public in Middlesbrough and surrounding areas, and to engage in other charitable activities for the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress

Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN MIDDLESBROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS

Area of benefit: MIDDLESBOROUGH 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: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £23,824 for the year ended 31 March 2026, reversing a deficit from the previous year. Total unrestricted reserves stood at £154,408, with total funds of £299,984, and the trustees confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (92% 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

• David Robert Ley
• Dr Colin Wilson
• Emma Louise Gordon
• Jordan Broadbent

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

Operates in: Middlesbrough

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTHUMBRIAN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

• NORTHUMBRIAN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £5.0m
• MID SUFFOLK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £332k
• BATH AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £996k
• LEEDS CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £3.1m
• CITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL LIMITED income £4.3m
• SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.8m

Side by side with its peers

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