CITIZENS ADVICE IN DORSET

Registered charity 1130056 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORSET CITIZENS ADVICE PARTNERSHIP

To promote, support and advance the Citizens Advice Bureau in Dorset for the benefit of all the people in Dorset

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £41,759 for the year ended 31 March 2025, which was met by the General Reserve. The trustees note that the charity holds designated reserves for closure, development, and communications, leaving it in a sound position despite the deficit and the fixed-price nature of its major contract with Dorset Council.

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.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 06778548

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• LOGAN, Colin Andrew — director, appointed 27/08/2026on trustee list
• SMYLLIE, James Stuart — director, appointed 11/02/2025on trustee list
• BEARE, Stephen Peter — director, appointed 14/08/2024on trustee list
• DAWSON, Stuart Charles — director, appointed 17/10/2022on trustee list

Official officers record.

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.5 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (100% 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

• Colin Logan
• James Stuart Smyllie
• Stephen Beare
• Stuart Dawson · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Common questions

Known funders

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