CROYDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED

Registered charity 298761 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CROYDON CAB, CROYDON CAB SERVICE, CROYDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU SERVICE

Provision of advice services to the people living and working in the London Borough of Croydon and surrounding areas.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£615k
Latest spending
£613k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,658 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted and designated reserves of £483,649. The trustees confirmed the organization is a going concern, citing a new council contract and expected future funding as sufficient to continue operations. No borrowings were held at the balance sheet date.

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

What the accounts disclose

Highest-paid employee band: £60,001 - £70,000 — above the median for charities its size (£60k)
One employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 (2024: One). — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Employees paid over £60,000: 1
One employee received emoluments of more than £60,000 (2024: One). — page 18
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of operating costs, plus outstanding redundancy liability (held: £484k)
The reserves policy requires the charity to designate a por6on of its unrestricted funds to cover the organisa6on’s liabili6es in the event of the wind up of the company: Wind Up Reserve: 3 month’s opera6ng costs, plus outstanding redundancy liability. — page 8
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 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
£615k
Total spending
£613k
Reserves (reported)
£305k
Employees
17

Reported reserves equal ~6.0 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£615k£613k
31/03/2024£697k£578k
31/03/2023£512k£493k
31/03/2022£478k£475k
31/03/2021£615k£477k

Common questions

Is CROYDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £1,658 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted and designated reserves of £483,649. The trustees confirmed the organization is a going concern, citing a new council contract and expected future funding as sufficient to continue operations. No borrowings were held at the balance sheet date. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

What does the highest-paid employee of CROYDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED earn?

Per its FY2025 accounts, the highest-paid employee was in the £60,001 - £70,000 band, and 1 employees earned over £60,000.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/11/2005£169kWelfare Advice and Support

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
CHARITY OF SIR RICHARD WHITTINGTON1£50k
AGE UK1£10k
THE SUSSEX COMMUNITY FOUNDATION1£10k
LONDON CATALYST1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CROYDON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED£615k£60,001 - £70,0001aboveno doubt
WANDSWORTH CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX LIMITED FY2025£2.2maboveno doubt
LONDON CITIZENS ADVICE LTD FY2025£1.7m0unclearno doubt
CAMDEN CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX SERVICE LIMITED FY2025£1.6m0unclearno doubt
CROYDON BME FORUM FY2025£1.6m0unclearno doubt
"OFF THE RECORD" YOUTH COUNSELLING CROYDON FY2025£3.0mOver £60,0001aboveno doubt

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