Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited
Registered charity 1113231 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BASILDON BILLERICAY AND WICKFORD CITIZENS ADVICE SERVICE LTD, BASILDON BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LTD, BASILDON DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE LTD, CITIZENS ADVICE BASILDON AND THURROCK LIMITED, Citizens Advice South Essex Limited
To provide free, impartial and confidential advice and information to our clients on a range of issues that may include debt, welfare benefits, housing, employment, health and relationships.
Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The charity reported a deficit of £57,179 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £508,979. The trustees state that free reserves of £465,106 meet the stated policy requirement of covering three months of running costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Largest income source: National Citizens Advice (44% of income)
“National Citizens Advice 15 - 492,770 492,770 423,782” — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 3 months running cost (held: £465k)
“The Trustees have determined that free reserves should be maintained to cover costs that would be required to minimise the impact on clients and to cover legal obligations should a significant reduction in income arise. Reserves should cover 3 months running cost.” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Smith & Goulding Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~3.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (23/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (23/02/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/10/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Stuart Robert Freelchair
- BRETT SAINTY
- Jayne Anita Ainsworth
- John William Gerald Evans
- Mark Fenn
- Oluwatoyin Bolanle Odunlami
- Tamasin Anne Curtis
- Thomas Francis Harrison
- William Jones
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Essex · Thurrock
Income and spending
Common questions
Is Citizens Advice Braintree & South Essex Limited financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a deficit of £57,179 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total reserves of £508,979. The trustees state that free reserves of £465,106 meet the stated policy requirement of covering three months of running costs. The accounts were prepared on a going concern basis with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Smith & Goulding Limited.
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