CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX (SALFORD)

Registered charity 701559 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU (INNER SALFORD), ECCLES CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, LOWER BROUGHTON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, ORDSALL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, PENDLETON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, SWINTON CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

The charity is established for the promotion of any charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the area of Salford.

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.3m
Registered
1989
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £52,537 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees confirm that unrestricted free reserves of £525,689 are held, which they consider appropriate to protect against income shortfalls or unforeseen expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: current level of unrestricted reserves is appropriate (held: £526k)
“Having considered the aforementioned risk factors the Trustees have determined that the current level of unrestricted reserves is appropriate” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by TC Group. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Comparing this charity’s FY2024 and FY2025 accounts as analysed by this site.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Citizens Advice Salford (matched by registered charity number).

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.

Funders the charity credits

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

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.

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

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.3m
Reserves (reported)
£526k
Employees
34

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below 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).

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Salford City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.3m
31/03/2024£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2023£1.1m£1.2m
31/03/2022£1.2m£1.2m
31/03/2021£1.4m£1.2m

Common questions

Is CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX (SALFORD) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £52,537 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds. The trustees confirm that unrestricted free reserves of £525,689 are held, which they consider appropriate to protect against income shortfalls or unforeseen expenditure. The auditors confirmed that the use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by TC Group.

Who funds CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX (SALFORD)?

Funders whose own accounts filings name CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX (SALFORD) as a grant recipient include THE BOOTH CHARITIES.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE BOOTH CHARITIESFY2023£45kObject 2 - Relief of distress and sickness
THE BOOTH CHARITIESFY2023£9kObject 2 - Relief of distress and sickness

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund06/01/2025£17kDeveloping an Advice First Aid pilot project for Salford
The National Lottery Community Fund13/01/2023£10kVolunteer Advice Hub
UK government25/06/2020£21kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2016£500kSalford Crisis Support
The National Lottery Community Fund18/08/2011£8kUpgrade of Electronic Case Recording System
The National Lottery Community Fund13/10/2010£484kNorth West Regional Community Care Advocacy Project
The National Lottery Community Fund03/03/2005£43kProvide Community Outreach Advice Service for Salfords Orthodox Jewish Comm

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 SALFORD COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICES.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAUX (SALFORD)£1.3m—0within—no doubt
SALFORD COMMUNITY & VOLUNTARY SERVICES FY2025£6.4min excess of £60,0002unclear—no doubt
SUTTON BOROUGH CITIZENS' ADVICE BUREAUX FY2025£1.9m—0below—no doubt
CARDIFF AND VALE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£4.9m——above—no doubt
MID SUFFOLK CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£332k—0unclear—no doubt
SCUNTHORPE AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU FY2025£1.8m£60,001 - £70,0000unclear—no doubt

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