DOVER DEAL AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1108967 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DAEL AND DISTRICT CITIZEN'S ADVICE BUREAU, THE DOVER AND DISTRICT CITIZENS' ADVICE BUREAU

The charity offers free, confidential and impartial advice on a range of topics including welfare benefits, money and debt, employment, housing, consumer matters and legal issues.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£368k
Latest spending
£449k
Registered
2005
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is heavily dependent on core funding from Dover District Council and has unrestricted reserves below its stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. The trustees report a net expenditure for the year and note that the charity remains in a financially viable position to continue services, though it faces risks from funding reductions and recent operational disruptions such as a major flood.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £29k; policy: three months normal operating expenditure)
At 31 March 2026 our unrestricted general reserves were below this amount, mainly caused by the lack of funding of approximately £25,000 in respect of the funding not received from Shepway CAB for the three months January to March 2025.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor
The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis on the expectation that the charity will receive sufficient funding for at least one year from the date these accounts are formally approved. The Charity is heavily dependent on Dover District Council and a three year service level agreement which although expired on 31 March 2025 is currently rolling over until all works are completed on the building following a major flood in June 2025. — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£368k£449k
31/03/2024£384k£362k
31/03/2023£311k£289k
31/03/2022£294k£312k
31/03/2021£311k£171k

Common questions

Is DOVER DEAL AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is heavily dependent on core funding from Dover District Council and has unrestricted reserves below its stated policy target of three months' operating expenditure. The trustees report a net expenditure for the year and note that the charity remains in a financially viable position to continue services, though it faces risks from funding reductions and recent operational disruptions such as a major flood. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Crowdfunder14/10/2022£2kLocal Action Fund

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
DOVER DEAL AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU£368k0belownoted
CITIZENS ADVICE IN EAST DORSET AND PURBECK LTD FY2025£1.3m£60,001 - £70,0001aboveno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE IN NORTH & WEST KENT FY2025£2.1m0aboveno doubt
BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.1m0belowno doubt
Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited FY2025£1.5m0unclearno doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE CAERPHILLY BLAENAU GWENT FY2025£6.8munclearno doubt

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