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ARUN AND CHICHESTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1099640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ARUN AND CHICHESTER CAB, LITTLEHAMPTON & DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

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Latest income
£6.1m
Latest spending
£5.8m
Registered
2003
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,415,603, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of four months' operating expenditure (£778,005). The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — below the median for charities its size (£70k)
“In the band £60,001 - £70,000 1” — page 20
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Largest income source: Charitable activities (94% of income)
“Charitable activities 4 357,823 5,389,329 5,747,152” — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: four months’ operating expenditure (held: £1.4m)
“The Trustees consider that it would be prudent to set aside an amount equivalent to four months’ (£778,005 as at 31st March 2025) operating expenditure.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Leadership, per the charity’s website

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

Total income
£6.1m
Total spending
£5.8m
Reserves (reported)
£1.4m
Employees
107

Reported reserves equal ~2.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£6.1m£5.8m
31/03/2024£5.7m£5.1m
31/03/2023£4.0m£3.8m
31/03/2022£2.0m£1.9m
31/03/2021£1.1m£975k

Common questions

Is ARUN AND CHICHESTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £1,415,603, which exceeds the trustees' stated policy target of four months' operating expenditure (£778,005). The independent auditor confirmed that the financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified regarding the charity's ability to continue operations. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Kreston Reeves Audit LLP.

What does the highest-paid employee of ARUN AND CHICHESTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund04/11/2022£278kHome Visiting Service
The National Lottery Community Fund29/08/2019£227kHome Visiting Project
The National Lottery Community Fund10/11/2011£4kAccessible Advise and Information in Doctors Practices
The National Lottery Community Fund11/03/2009£3kHealth is Your Business
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2006£3kRaise awareness of social policy
The National Lottery Community Fund08/03/2005£46kThere is no project name available for this record

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE MERCHANT VENTURERS CHARITY1£10k
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
THE SIMMONS AND SIMMONS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£4k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ARUN AND CHICHESTER CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU£6.1m£60,001 - £70,000—unclear—no doubt
CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£4.9m——above—no doubt
SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0000unclear—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE COLCHESTER FY2026£294k—0unclear—no doubt
THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE FY2025£281k—0above—no doubt
BRISTOL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£951k£50,4400above—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.