CITIZENS ADVICE NORTH EAST KENT

Registered charity 803115 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CANTERBURY DISTRICT C.A.B, CANTERBURY DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU, THE CANTERBURY DISTRICT C.A.B

Providing free, confidential, impartial advice to the community in the Canterbury, Herne Bay and Whitstable and the surrounding areas.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded an overall deficit of £10,205 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £523,257 and total expenditure of £533,462. The trustees report that free reserves of £99,390 are below the stated policy target of £118,200, which represents three months of normal operating expenditure. Additionally, the trustees note a potential merger with other Local Area Teams and the impending end of a major grant from Macmillan Cancer Support in May 2026.

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 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Reported reserves equal ~7.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (63% 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 (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (27/03/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Hilary Anne Brightonchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ann Pamela Kenworthy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Connor Harney · trustee of 1 other charity
• Don Ramble
• Susan Emily Record · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

Government & lottery funding

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