LONDON CITIZENS ADVICE LTD

Registered charity 1209126 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Objects

THE CHARITY'S 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 WITHOUT LIMITATION, FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN LONDON AND SURROUNDING AREAS, AND TO PROMOTE, ORGANISE AND FACILITATE CO-OPERATION AND PARTNERSHIP WORKING BETWEEN GOVERNMENTAL, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BODIES OR OTHER ORGANISATIONS AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE AFOREMENTIONED OBJECTS WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Brent, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £259,049 for the period ended 30 September 2025, resulting in total unrestricted and restricted funds of £259,049. Per the trustees' report, the organisation is in the early stages of development with its main funding source being the Greater London Authority, and the trustees believe there are 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

Accounts audited by Menzies LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 15785714

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Greater London Authority — “funded by the Greater London Authority our services will work in Family Hubs across London.” (source page)

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• SHARMA, Anshuk — director, appointed 24/02/2025on trustee list
• FINLAY, Amanda Jane — director, appointed 24/09/2024on trustee list
• GRAVENEY, Jackie — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• GUY, Susan Cropley — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• MOGFORD, Jonathan Grant — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list
• ROSS, David — director, appointed 18/06/2024on trustee list

Official officers record.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/09/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~0.7 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (96% 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 (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Amanda Jane Finlay
• Anshuk Sharma · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Ross · trustee of 1 other charity
• Helen Glasson
• Jackie Graveney
• Jonathan Mogford · trustee of 2 other charities
• Susan Guy · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Throughout England

Income and spending

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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 COVENTRY CITIZENS ADVICE.

• COVENTRY CITIZENS ADVICE income £1.8m
• CITIZENS ADVICE MID LINCOLNSHIRE income £501k
• CHARNWOOD CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £251k
• CITIZENS ADVICE DONCASTER BOROUGH income £1.9m
• SHEFFIELD CITIZENS ADVICE AND LAW CENTRE income £6.2m
• CITIZENS ADVICE CENTRAL DORSET LIMITED income £1.4m

Side by side with its peers

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