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NORTH WARWICKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1105712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NWCAB

Provision of a free, impartial service of guidance and support, making responsible use of the experience so gained.

Objects

THE CHARITY’S OBJECTS ARE 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 NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND PERSONS CONTACTING THE BUREAU BY TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC MEANS.?

Area of benefit: THE COMMUNITY IN NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Warwickshire, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£541k
Latest spending
£439k
Registered
2004
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £440,080 are safely above the minimum set out in the current reserves policy, which targets six months' forecast operating costs. The trustees consider that the charity has adequate resources to maintain its ongoing work, although this is dependent on continued support from key grant funders. Total income rose to £540,748, resulting in a net income of £101,821 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months' forecast operating costs and a realistic estimate of exceptional expenditure (reserves figure: £440k)
“The Charity’s policy is that its General Reserves should exceed the aggregate of six months’ forecast operating costs; and a realistic estimate of exceptional expenditure which could occur in the following 12 months.” — page 21
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
“The validity of this assumption is dependent upon the continuance of support from the Charitable Company's key grant funders and in response to the progress made by the Charitable Company in pursuing a viable budget including the obtaining of further grants and other funds.”
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 19
  • Government income: £188,666 — grants £188,666 (2); 35% of the £540,748 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 18
  • Government income: £88,696 — grants £88,696 (2); 20% of the £448,707 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 22
  • Government income: £88,196 — grants £88,196 (2); 29% of the £299,949 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (2 freehold); recorded price paid £100k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£541k
Total spending
£439k
Cost of raising funds
£15k
Reserves (reported)
£440k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~12.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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: 2.8% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (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£541k£439k
31/03/2024£449k£352k
31/03/2023£300k£301k
31/03/2022£313k£266k
31/03/2021£284k£198k

Common questions

Is NORTH WARWICKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £440,080 are safely above the minimum set out in the current reserves policy, which targets six months' forecast operating costs. The trustees consider that the charity has adequate resources to maintain its ongoing work, although this is dependent on continued support from key grant funders. Total income rose to £540,748, resulting in a net income of £101,821 for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government04/09/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund25/04/2013£258kNorth Warwickshire Advice Services Partnership

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
TRUST FOR LONDON1£142k
COVENTRY BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£90k
WILLIAM ADLINGTON CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST1£20k
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION1£15k
THE SAINTBURY TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with NORTH LANCASHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTH WARWICKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU£541k—0above—noted
NORTH LANCASHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2026£1.3m—0above—no doubt
NORTHUMBRIAN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£5.0m—0below—no doubt
WREXHAM AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£714k—0above—no doubt
COVENTRY CITIZENS ADVICE FY2025£1.8mmore than £60,0001above—no doubt
WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£615k—0unclear—no doubt

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