CHARNWOOD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1102353 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHARNWOOD CAB CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

ADVICE AND INFORMATION

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 THE BOROUGH OF CHARNWOOD AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: THE COMMUNITY IN CHARNWOOD AND THE 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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Charnwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£251k

Latest spending

£241k

Registered

2004

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net surplus of £10,105 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £251,109 and expenditure of £241,004. Unrestricted reserves stood at £116,306, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of covering 3 to 6 months of core operating costs and redundancy payments. The accounts were independently examined rather than audited, with no matters reported that would require attention for a proper understanding of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of core required operating costs plus amounts to cover staff redundancy pay (held: £116k)

“The policy is that the Company should retain sufficient reserves to cover between 3 and 6 months of core required operating costs plus amounts to cover staff redundancy pay (assuming this is payable on the last day of the current financial year).” — page 13

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Investing charity funds 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)

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dawn Beaumont
Dr Vidya Sukumara Panicker
Hamzah Irfan Sheikh
Michael Higgs
Monica Wallace

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£251k	£241k
31/03/2024	£238k	£247k
31/03/2023	£268k	£238k
31/03/2022	£275k	£242k
31/03/2021	£240k	£227k

Common questions

Is CHARNWOOD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net surplus of £10,105 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £251,109 and expenditure of £241,004. Unrestricted reserves stood at £116,306, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of covering 3 to 6 months of core operating costs and redundancy payments. The accounts were independently examined rather than audited, with no matters reported that would require attention for a proper understanding of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	19/04/2013	£346k	Charnwood Connect
The National Lottery Community Fund	21/10/2010	£10k	Relocation of Charnwood Citizens Advice Bureau
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2005	£83k	To provide a better and more effective service to the community

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE HADFIELD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.8m
TEST VALLEY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £449k
RUSHMOOR CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.3m
BARROW CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £453k
WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £615k
DUNSTABLE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £230k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHARNWOOD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU	£251k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025	£1.8m	£60,001 - £70,000	unclear	—	no doubt
TEST VALLEY CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025	£449k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RUSHMOOR CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX FY2025	£1.3m	—	above	—	no doubt
BARROW CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2026	£453k	—	above	—	no doubt
WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025	£615k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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