BEDWORTH, RUGBY AND NUNEATON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1103630 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEDWORTH AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, NUNEATON AND BEDWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

The bureau operates in Nuneaton, Bedworth and Rugby and the surrounding areas of Warwickshire to provide free, confidential, impartial and independent generalist advice on most subjects. The bureau also undertakes social policy campaign work and financial capability training for community groups and individuals.

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Latest income
£1.2m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £18,401 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £727,195. Per the trustees' report, the organization faces financial challenges due to uncertain future core funding from local authorities, which makes the service more vulnerable and difficult to forward plan.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months operating costs (held: £727k)
“They believe that an amount of at least 12 months operating costs which equates to £611,111 based on operating costs for the annual year 2024/25 will be adequate.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Spencer Gardner Dickins (Audit Services) Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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.

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

Total income
£1.2m
Total spending
£1.2m
Reserves (reported)
£727k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~7.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2024£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.0m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.1m
31/03/2021£1.0m£1.0m

Common questions

Is BEDWORTH, RUGBY AND NUNEATON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £18,401 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves increasing to £727,195. Per the trustees' report, the organization faces financial challenges due to uncertain future core funding from local authorities, which makes the service more vulnerable and difficult to forward plan. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Spencer Gardner Dickins (Audit Services) Limited.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/01/2025£300kCITIZENS ADVICE: REACH AND RESOLVE HELPLINE IN WARWICKSHIRE
The National Lottery Community Fund12/05/2016£635kCovW/1/1 - Breakthrough
The National Lottery Community Fund06/11/2015£30kCovW/1/1 - BREAKTHROUGH
The National Lottery Community Fund04/09/2008£498kLegal Advice Warwickshire (LAW)

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 STAFFORDSHIRE SOUTH WEST CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BEDWORTH, RUGBY AND NUNEATON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU£1.2m—0unclear—no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE SOUTH WEST CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.5m—0above—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE WORCESTER AND HEREFORDSHIRE FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
BIRMINGHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE LTD FY2025£2.2m—0unclear—no doubt
STEVENAGE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£2.3m—0unclear—no doubt
WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED FY2025£2.2m——above—no doubt

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