WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Registered charity 1109872 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Advice & assistance with legal problems, debt and consumer issues, benefits, housing, legal matters, employment and immigration issues.
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 generated a net surplus of £23,243 for the year, with unrestricted reserves of £388,496 held at year-end. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated prudent target of six months' operating expenditure, which equates to £295,844. The charity maintains adequate cash resources and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: six months of operating expenditure (held: £388k)
“The Trustees consider that it would be prudent to set aside at least 6 months of operating expenditure; during the year ending 31 March 2025 this equates to £295,844” — page 8
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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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~9.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (12/02/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Berkiye Ozturk · trustee of 1 other charity
- Christopher Stanley Constant
- Councillor Jennifer Pattinson
- Frank Neale
- KEITH DAVID HOLMES
- Kennedy Rodrigues
- Kirstie Caneparo
- Laurence Julian Blake · trustee of 1 other charity
- Leena Nagrecha
- Richard Andrew Boulton
- Suzannah Claire Trivedi
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Hertfordshire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is WATFORD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £23,243 for the year, with unrestricted reserves of £388,496 held at year-end. This figure exceeds the trustees' stated prudent target of six months' operating expenditure, which equates to £295,844. The charity maintains adequate cash resources and reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
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