CITIZENS ADVICE NEW FOREST

Registered charity 1132425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEW FOREST CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £31,756 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total funds decreasing from £325,461 to £293,705. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern, noting that free reserves of £232,144 and future fundraising plans secure its immediate future. The trustees' reserves policy requires £208,000 to maintain services, which is below the actual free reserves held.

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.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~3.2 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (80% 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).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (17/11/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (27/09/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (06/09/2011) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Joseph Jeremy Ogdenchair
• ANTHONY SHEPHERD
• David McCartney
• Douglas William Brown
• Dr DIANNA SMITH
• Eden Francis Phillips
• Frances Harriet Turner

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

Operates in: Dorset · Hampshire · Southampton City · Wiltshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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).