SOUTH EAST STAFFORDSHIRE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 1128413 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide free and confidential information, advice and assistance on all issues by way of drop in services at our 2 offices and also outreach at community venues in the District. We also provide advice, information and assistance by telephone and e mail. We provide specialist casework for Debt, Welfare Benefits and Housing issues.

Objects

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 SOUTH EAST STAFFORDSHIRE AND SURROUNDING AREAS AND PERSONS CONTACTING THE BUREAU BY TELEPHONE OR ELECTRONIC MEANS.

Area of benefit: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved an overall surplus of £27,423 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by an increase in restricted funds carried forward. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted free reserves fell to £161,800, which the trustees view as providing adequate financial stability equivalent to approximately 4.5 months of operational expenditure.

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
• Investing charity funds 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).

• Lichfield District Community Lottery — “Lichfield District Community Lottery is a fun and rewarding way to support good causes and charitable initiatives. When you play the lottery…” (source page)

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• John Henry Griffithschair
• CHRISTINE DIANE EVANS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Catherine Janet Frances Evans
• JOAN FOX · trustee of 2 other charities
• JOHN TERRY THOMPSON · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Peter McGlade
• Julian Clive Schwarzenbach
• Mark Hodgens
• Professor Kathryn Mary Morris
• Steven Gerald Norman

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

Operates in: Staffordshire · Warwickshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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