CITIZENS ADVICE NEWCASTLE
Registered charity 1135396 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Newcastle upon Tyne Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) provides free, confidential, independent and impartial advice to people who live and work in the City. It promotes any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the North East region of England by the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress.
Causes: The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £39,678 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £825,052. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £560,803, which exceeds the stated policy target range of £205,000 to £410,000. The trustees consider the reserves position to be satisfactory and confirmed that the charity can continue to operate for the foreseeable future.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: three and six months’ running costs (target range £205k to £410k) (held: £561k)
“the Trustees considered it would be appropriate to hold the equivalent of three and six months’ running costs. Thus, considering the next 12 months expenditure of circa £820k, This would give a range of target reserves between £205k and £410k.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice Newcastle (matched by registered charity number).
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~9.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% 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 (10/06/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Suzanne Woodchair
- ANTHONY CRAWLEY
- Angela Carver
- David James Richardson
- Dilshan Nayoma Madahinnegedara
- Gillian Roll
- Jemima Short
- KEITH REED
- Kevin Lynch
- Rev David Tubby
- Stuart William Parker
- Tribe Mukwevho
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CITIZENS ADVICE NEWCASTLE financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £39,678 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £825,052. Per the trustees' report, free reserves stood at £560,803, which exceeds the stated policy target range of £205,000 to £410,000. The trustees consider the reserves position to be satisfactory and confirmed that the charity can continue to operate for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE NEWCASTLE?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE NEWCASTLE as a grant recipient include THE MILLFIELD HOUSE FOUNDATION (1), THE ROTHLEY TRUST, THE VIRGIN MONEY FOUNDATION.
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