Citizens Advice East Lancashire
Registered charity 1111611 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BURNLEY & PENDLE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, PENDLE DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
We are a voluntary service that provides advice & information to the general public. Also specialists advice & help with debt & welfare benefit problems.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus on the general fund of £178,210, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,069,551. The trustees hold these reserves to cover working capital and future development due to uncertainty over grant and contract income. The charity also reported a deficit on restricted funds of £28,056, leaving a restricted fund balance of £13,000.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: Working capital to cover staff and running costs of the charity; Future development of the charity (held: £1.1m)
“At the year end the general reserve amounted to £1,069,551. Due to uncertainty over receipt of grant and contract income, the trustees hold this reserve for: 1. Working capital to cover staff and running costs of the charity 2. Future development of the charity The trustees continue to develop their reserves policies.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by KM. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.
Corporate structure
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.
- PROCTER, Marilyn Winifred Anne, Cllr — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
- MCINTYRE, Ann Catherine — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
- PILLING, John Nicholas — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
- KHAN-ISRAEEL, Madeehah — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
- MANLEY, Patrick Mark — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
- MCGINN, Hugh Somerville — director, appointed 01/07/2023on trustee list
- HOBBS, Brian John — director, appointed 16/05/2013on trustee list
- KENYON, Peter John — director, appointed 01/04/2011on trustee list
Official officers record.
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~8.4 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (89% 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 (19/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (03/10/2012) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Lancashire
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Citizens Advice East Lancashire financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus on the general fund of £178,210, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £1,069,551. The trustees hold these reserves to cover working capital and future development due to uncertainty over grant and contract income. The charity also reported a deficit on restricted funds of £28,056, leaving a restricted fund balance of £13,000. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by KM.
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