CITIZENS ADVICE SERVICE IN THREE RIVERS

Registered charity 1104392 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of free, confidential, impartial and independant advice

Causes: The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on general funds of £53k for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted funds falling to £425k. Per the trustees' report, this reduction was due to a difficult fundraising year and one-off costs, leaving reserves below the stated policy target of £432k. The trustees acknowledge that future funding is not guaranteed but remain confident in the charity's ability to continue activities in the short term.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Hillier Hopkins LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice Service in Three Rivers (matched by registered charity number).

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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)

Reported reserves equal ~8.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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: 2.9% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/03/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Graham Sadler
• ELUNED MYFANWY WALLACE
• Emily Simonne Dunbar
• JAMES PAUL SHAW
• MARY ALDERSON
• Mark Christopher Warburton
• Ronald Sweetman

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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