BARKING AND DAGENHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1123253 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BARKING AND DAGENHAM CITIZANS ADVICE BUREAU

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net surplus of £34,155 for the year ended 31 March 2025, bringing its accumulated unrestricted funds to £278,188. However, the trustees report that the future of the charity is 'very much at risk' due to fiscal threats to its core funder, the local authority, and uncertainty regarding future funding cycles.

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.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Reported reserves equal ~4.6 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 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 (2.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• SUSAN MARGARET WISEMANchair
• Barakat Ilegogie
• Councillor Ingrid Robinson
• EILEEN KELLER
• Mampuya Michel Andre Pongo
• Pavan Thealla

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

Operates in: Barking And Dagenham · Havering · Newham · Redbridge · Waltham Forest

Income and spending

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Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).