SWINDON AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1115564 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The provision of a generalist advice service and specialist casework to the communities of Swindon and District.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ARE TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS IN PARTICULAR, BUT WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN SWINDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS.

Area of benefit: SWINDON AND DISTRICT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a surplus of £73,748, bringing total funds to £769,236, with unrestricted reserves of £452,726. The trustees note that the external commissioning environment could result in a reduction in funding in 2026 and beyond, so contingency planning is currently taking place. The charity's reserves policy targets retaining three months of operating costs, calculated at £238,687.

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

What the accounts disclose

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

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice Swindon (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~6.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (97% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Matthew Boxchair
• Alison Churchill
• Christopher Davies
• David Langley
• Jaginder Bassi Singh
• Simon Warren

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

Operates in: Swindon · Wiltshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU.

• SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.8m
• THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE income £281k
• CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU IN SWALE income £531k
• CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £4.9m
• Citizens Advice South West Surrey income £1.4m
• SUTTON BOROUGH CITIZENS' ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.9m

Side by side with its peers

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