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MILTON KEYNES CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU

Registered charity 800012 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

INFORMATION and ADVICE AGENCY

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£1000k
Latest spending
£1.0m
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £37,963 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by a strategic office relocation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £437,333 remain sufficient to cover six months of budgeted expenditure, providing a buffer against funding uncertainty.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £437k)
“It is the policy of the charity to maintain unrestricted funds, which are the free reserves of the charity, at a level that equates to a minimum of three months unrestricted expenditure but with the aspiration to achieve a level that equates to six months.” — page 10
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Dormant trading subsidiary
“The charity’s wholly owned subsidiary Milton Keynes Citizens Advice Bureau (Trading) Limited is currently dormant. It is the aim of the directors that the company will receive income and carry out activities which are compliant with the objects of the parent charitable company, CAMK. Any surplus generated from these activities is donated to the Charity under the Gift Aid Scheme.” — page 5
“CAMK remains an associated member of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux to which it pays an annual fee.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: National Association fee
“The charity’s wholly owned subsidiary Milton Keynes Citizens Advice Bureau (Trading) Limited is currently dormant. It is the aim of the directors that the company will receive income and carry out activities which are compliant with the objects of the parent charitable company, CAMK. Any surplus generated from these activities is donated to the Charity under the Gift Aid Scheme.” — page 5
“CAMK remains an associated member of the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux to which it pays an annual fee.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Trading subsidiary: Milton Keynes Citizens Advice Bureau (Trading) Limited
“The charity’s wholly owned subsidiary Milton Keynes Citizens Advice Bureau (Trading) Limited is currently dormant.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

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

Total income
£1000k
Total spending
£1.0m
Cost of raising funds
£32k
Reserves (reported)
£205k
Employees
35

Reported reserves equal ~2.4 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 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: 3.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Milton Keynes

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1000k£1.0m
31/03/2024£886k£893k
31/03/2023£750k£736k
31/03/2022£844k£713k
31/03/2021£726k£576k

Common questions

Is MILTON KEYNES CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £37,963 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by a strategic office relocation. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves of £437,333 remain sufficient to cover six months of budgeted expenditure, providing a buffer against funding uncertainty. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund28/08/2025£18kTraining and Volunteering Suite
UK government11/12/2024£25kDAMF 10G Cit A MK AI Tool & Pathway Project
The National Lottery Community Fund16/05/2024£20kAdditional Volunteer Co-ordinator
The National Lottery Community Fund27/05/2022£8kDigital Drop In - Expansion
The National Lottery Community Fund01/07/2019£165kIntegrated Support & Advice Project (CAB)
The National Lottery Community Fund09/05/2019£9kVolunteer Mediators Project