BEXLEY BOROUGH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED

Registered charity 275955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BEXLEYHEATH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, ERITH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

GIVING FREE CONFIDENTIAL INDEPENDENT AND IMPARTIAL ADVICE

Objects

PROMOTION OF ANY CHARITABLE PURPOSE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY IN BEXLEY AND THE ADJACENT AREA BY THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION. THE FURTHERANCE OF HEALTH, AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, SICKNESS AND DISTRESS.

Area of benefit: BEXLEY LB

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

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 net decrease in total funds of £19,276.45 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in closing unrestricted reserves of £227,094.52. The trustees' report indicates a reserves policy target of £30,000, which the current unrestricted reserves significantly exceed. The charity employs an average of 7.25 full-time equivalent staff and pays into The Peoples Pension scheme.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Financial Conduct Authority. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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 handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 01368988

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.

• ADEBAYO, Emmanuelle Deborah — director, appointed 13/05/2026on trustee list
• BUCKLEY, Stephen — director, appointed 16/03/2026on trustee list
• ARMSTRONG, Steve — director, appointed 18/12/2025on trustee list
• NATHAN, Jana — director, appointed 09/06/2025on trustee list
• CAMPBELL, Alison — director, appointed 06/03/2025on trustee list
• FOSTER, Christopher David — director, appointed 14/10/2024on trustee list
• WALFORD, Neil — director, appointed 08/12/2020on trustee list
• SMITH, Nicola — secretary, appointed 14/10/2024

Official officers record.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Steve Armstrongchair
• Alison Campbell Ms
• Christopher David Foster
• Emmanuelle Deborah Adebayo
• Jana Nathan
• Neil Walford
• Stephen Buckley

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

Operates in: Bexley

Income and spending

Common questions

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE.

• HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE income £1.7m
• TADLEY AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £270k
• SUTTON BOROUGH CITIZENS' ADVICE BUREAUX income £1.9m
• SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.8m
• BARNET CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £1.5m
• MID SUFFOLK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £332k

Side by side with its peers

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