BROMSGROVE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1117552 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

TO PROMOTE ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BROMSGROVE} AND SURROUNDING AREAS ('THE AREA OF BENEFIT') BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION, THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVATION OF HEALTH AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: BROMSGROVE, WORCESTERSHIRE

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 ended the year with a small surplus of £8,275, bringing total funds to £593,349. The trustees report that the financial position is sound with adequate unrestricted funds to cushion against the loss of funding, although they note a significant and growing discrepancy between the cost of main services and available funding. The charity maintains a designated safety net reserve of £110,000, which is below its stated policy target of £150,000.

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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Bromsgrove District Council — “We are grateful to our to all our funders but especially to Bromsgrove District Council, Redditch Borough Council and Worcestershire County …” (source page)
• Redditch Borough Council — “We are grateful to our to all our funders but especially to Bromsgrove District Council, Redditch Borough Council and Worcestershire County …” (source page)
• Worcestershire County Council — “We are grateful to our to all our funders but especially to Bromsgrove District Council, Redditch Borough Council and Worcestershire County …” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~12.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (51% 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

• Brandon Clayton Cllr
• Dr Brian Thomas Cooper
• Esther Gray · trustee of 1 other charity
• GORDON COOPER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jo Monk
• Jo- Anne Till
• Maria Fox
• Maria Furness
• Mark Cawston
• SUZANNE GREEN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shirley Webb · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Funders of similar charities

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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
• TADLEY AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £270k
• MID SUFFOLK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £332k
• THE ROYAL BOROUGH OF KINGSTON UPON THAMES CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE income £281k
• Citizens Advice Mid Mercia income £5.1m
• BATH AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £996k

Side by side with its peers

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