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WEST BERKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1115036 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide information and advice on a range of topics including benefits, employment, debt, housing, relationships, education, legal and consumer issues to the residents of West Berkshire.Provide consumer education and support with money management skills.

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Latest income
£306k
Latest spending
£324k
Registered
2006
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £17,688, contrasting with a surplus in the previous year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £278,171, which the trustees note are above their policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to have adequate resources to continue as a going concern despite political and economic uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: Under £20,000 — below the median for charities its size (£60k)
“No employee earned over £40,000 per annum” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months expenditure (held: £278k)
“The Trustees have historically set a target of six months expenditure for our free reserves.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£306k£324k
31/03/2024£295k£259k
31/03/2023£284k£277k
31/03/2022£301k£253k
31/03/2021£310k£243k

Common questions

Is WEST BERKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £17,688, contrasting with a surplus in the previous year. Unrestricted reserves stood at £278,171, which the trustees note are above their policy target of six months' expenditure. The trustees consider the charity to have adequate resources to continue as a going concern despite political and economic uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of WEST BERKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the Under £20,000 band.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON1£230k
SANTANDER UK FOUNDATION LIMITED1£135k
LONDON LEGAL SUPPORT TRUST1£101k
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£4k
MOBBS MEMORIAL TRUST LIMITED1£3k
THE EDGAR E LAWLEY FOUNDATION1£2k

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITIZENS ADVICE EAST BERKSHIRE LIMITED.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
WEST BERKSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU£306kUnder £20,0000unclear—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE EAST BERKSHIRE LIMITED FY2025£824k——unclear—no doubt
Citizens Advice West Northamptonshire and Cherwell FY2025£2.1m—0unclear—no doubt
BRIDGEND COUNTY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.1m—0below—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE IN WEST SUSSEX (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST) FY2025£2.7m—0below—no doubt
WILTSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE FY2025£1.6m—0unclear—no doubt

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