CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU IN SWALE

Registered charity 1103010 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of free, confidential, independent and impartial advice services to the people of Swale.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£531k
Latest spending
£429k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £101,572 and unrestricted reserves of £256,389, which meets its policy target of four months' operating expenditure. However, the trustees note that traditional funding sources are becoming increasingly uncertain and the majority of grants are due to expire by March 2026, creating a dependency on securing future funding.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately four months operating expenditure (held: £256k)
It is our policy to have unrestricted reserves of approximately four months operating expenditure.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice Swale (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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.

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

Total income
£531k
Total spending
£429k
Reserves (reported)
£256k
Employees
16

Reported reserves equal ~7.2 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£531k£429k
31/03/2024£434k£463k
31/03/2023£459k£459k
31/03/2022£404k£431k
31/03/2021£364k£344k

Common questions

Is CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU IN SWALE financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £101,572 and unrestricted reserves of £256,389, which meets its policy target of four months' operating expenditure. However, the trustees note that traditional funding sources are becoming increasingly uncertain and the majority of grants are due to expire by March 2026, creating a dependency on securing future funding. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU IN SWALE?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU IN SWALE as a grant recipient include JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
JOHN SWIRE 1989 CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£10k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/02/2021£10kFaversham Premises Redevelopment

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITIZENS ADVICE SWANSEA NEATH PORT TALBOT LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU IN SWALE£531k0aboveno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE SWANSEA NEATH PORT TALBOT LIMITED FY2025£1.4m0withinno doubt
SOUTHWARK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE FY2025£2.1m0aboveno doubt
SWINDON AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£961k0unclearno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE IN WEST SUSSEX (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST) FY2025£2.7m0belowno doubt
MID SUFFOLK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£332k0unclearno doubt

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