CITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL LIMITED

Registered charity 1169879 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The charities objects are 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 not without limitation, for the benefit of the community in Liverpool and surrounding areas.

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Latest income
£4.3m
Latest spending
£4.2m
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £118,390 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £4,349,809 against total expenditure of £4,231,419. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,475,647, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover between 3 and 4 months of operating costs against a policy target of 3 to 6 months. The charity reports 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 policy: three to six months of normal operating expenditure (held: £1.5m)
“the trustees have determined that “free reserves” should be maintained equal to between 3 and 6 month’s normal operating expenditure.” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by DSG Audit. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Property (HM Land Registry)

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

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

Total income
£4.3m
Total spending
£4.2m
Reserves (reported)
£1.2m
Employees
128

Reported reserves equal ~3.3 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (99% 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Liverpool City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£4.3m£4.2m
31/03/2024£4.1m£4.1m
31/03/2023£3.4m£3.4m
31/03/2022£3.4m£3.4m
31/03/2021£3.4m£3.2m

Common questions

Is CITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £118,390 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total incoming resources of £4,349,809 against total expenditure of £4,231,419. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £1,475,647, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover between 3 and 4 months of operating costs against a policy target of 3 to 6 months. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by DSG Audit.

Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL LIMITED?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL LIMITED as a grant recipient include THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATION, THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATION, CIVIC POWER FUND.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATIONFY2022£150kSupporting Liverpool Access to Advice Network to enhance coordination, promote inter-agency referrals and improve knowledge among advice providers in the region
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2024£90kGrants
THE ACCESS TO JUSTICE FOUNDATIONFY2023£83kGrants & Donations
THE LEGAL EDUCATION FOUNDATIONFY2025£28kExtension funding
CIVIC POWER FUNDFY2024£1k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund08/01/2026£20kInclusive Reflection and Waiting Room
The National Lottery Community Fund16/08/2024£404kSpecialist Advice Talent Pipeline
UK government01/04/2020£61kCITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL LTD (G)
The National Lottery Community Fund25/07/2019£332kEqualities Programme

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Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITIZENS ADVICE LEICESTERSHIRE.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITIZENS ADVICE LIVERPOOL LIMITED£4.3m—0within—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE LEICESTERSHIRE FY2025£1.7m——below—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE MANCHESTER FY2025£8.3m—0above—no doubt
Citizens Advice Lincoln & Lindsey FY2025£2.9m—0within—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE LINCOLNSHIRE FY2026£314k—0unclear—no doubt
CITIZENS ADVICE SURREY HEATH FY2025£497k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.