CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE
Registered charity 1106631 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARWICK DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Advice, information and support (which is quality-assured) to individuals in South Warwickshire who seek help in all areas of social welfare law, including benefits, debt, housing, employment and discrimination.Influencing social policies and challenging unfair practice.
Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £56,367 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £415,215. The trustees determined that free reserves should be maintained between 3 and 6 months of normal operating expenditure, and the current level of £415,000 represents approximately 5 months of expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.
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 normal operating expenditure (held: £415k)
“the Trustees have determined that 'free' reserves should be maintained of between 3 and 6 months normal operating expenditure.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Burgis & Bullock. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice South Warwickshire (matched by registered charity number).
Leadership, per the charity’s website
Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Warwickshire County Council — “Our main advice and information services are generously supported by Warwickshire County Council” (source page)
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · linkedin
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.7 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (95% 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).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/03/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Irene Macdonald Starkchair
- Guy Fitzgerald
- Helen Joanne Serrano
- Jennifer Whitehill
- Julie Caygill
- Kirinjeet Kalsi
- Lee Pound
- Stephen Lightfoot
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Warwickshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £56,367 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total unrestricted reserves of £415,215. The trustees determined that free reserves should be maintained between 3 and 6 months of normal operating expenditure, and the current level of £415,000 represents approximately 5 months of expenditure. The auditor confirmed that the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Burgis & Bullock.
Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE as a grant recipient include STRATFORD-UPON-AVON TOWN TRUST, THE KING HENRY VIII ENDOWED TRUST, WARWICK, MUNICIPAL CHARITIES OF STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, THE NORTON FOUNDATION, MISSES BARRIE CHARITABLE TRUST.
Known funders
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