CITIZENS ADVICE DONCASTER BOROUGH
Registered charity 1174228 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register
Citizens Advice service giving free confidential independent and impartial advice to all who need us. Also working to change unfair policies and practices which affect peple's lives.
Causes: Education/training · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity reported a financial surplus of £61,149 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,889,835. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £738,074, which the trustees note is in excess of their policy target of holding five months of running costs. The charity confirmed it is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: at least 5 months running costs (held: £738k)
“Our policy is to hold at least 5 months running costs in reserve.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Accounts audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.
Funders the charity credits
Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).
- Robert Forster Charity — “Other Supporters include Robert Forster Charity, Hatfield Town Council, Stainforth Town Council and Thorne-Moorends Town Council.” (source page)
- Hatfield Town Council — “Other Supporters include Robert Forster Charity, Hatfield Town Council, Stainforth Town Council and Thorne-Moorends Town Council.” (source page)
- Stainforth Town Council — “Other Supporters include Robert Forster Charity, Hatfield Town Council, Stainforth Town Council and Thorne-Moorends Town Council.” (source page)
- Thorne-Moorends Town Council — “Other Supporters include Robert Forster Charity, Hatfield Town Council, Stainforth Town Council and Thorne-Moorends Town Council.” (source page)
Property (HM Land Registry)
2 registered titles in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold); recorded price paid £50k. All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)
Reported reserves equal ~4.9 months of spending — above 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 (17/04/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Received assets from another charity (01/08/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
- Adrian Thomas Hunt Major · trustee of 1 other charity
- Andrew William Wignall
- Fabian Maxwell Braithwaite
- Gabrielle Rebecca Woodhams
- Mark Horobin
- Martina Slater
- Oyenike Sogbein
- Rachael Blake · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: Doncaster
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CITIZENS ADVICE DONCASTER BOROUGH financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a financial surplus of £61,149 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,889,835. Free unrestricted reserves stood at £738,074, which the trustees note is in excess of their policy target of holding five months of running costs. The charity confirmed it is a going concern with no material uncertainties identified by the auditors. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Hawsons Chartered Accountants.
Government & lottery funding
Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).
Funders of similar charities
Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.
Charities like this
Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITIZENS ADVICE IN WEST SUSSEX (NORTH, SOUTH, EAST).
Side by side with its peers
Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.