NORTHUMBRIAN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU
Registered charity 1155717 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that total incoming resources were £5,015,891, resulting in a net surplus of £197,783 for the year. Free reserves stood at £1,643,149, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £2,377,125. The charity holds no pension liabilities and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £1.6m; policy: six months overall operating costs based on the coming year budget)
“Based on the above objectives the Board of Trustees has determined that the level of Unrestricted Funds freely available - the 'Free Reserves' - should equate to £2,377,125. The Free Reserves at the end of the period were £1,643,149” — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Slade & Cooper Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.1 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 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 (5.2%) (benchmarks).
Register events
- Received assets from another charity (27/09/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (15/03/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (24/02/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (20/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (06/07/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (24/06/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Benjamin Waugh
- Catherine Jane Robinson
- Christine Holland · trustee of 1 other charity
- Daniel John Armit
- David Arthur Laux
- Jane Iley · trustee of 1 other charity
- Kirsty Emma Rusby
- Lucy Anne Ballantyne
- Mila Savannah ten Hove
- NEIL THOMPSON CB · trustee of 2 other charities
- Tim Frazer
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Throughout England And Wales
Income and spending
Common questions
Is NORTHUMBRIAN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total incoming resources were £5,015,891, resulting in a net surplus of £197,783 for the year. Free reserves stood at £1,643,149, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of £2,377,125. The charity holds no pension liabilities and has no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Slade & Cooper Limited.
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