THE BASINGSTOKE CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU LIMITED

Registered charity 900116 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as C A B

MEDICAL /HEALTH/SICKNESSDISABILITYRELIEF OF POVERTYACCOMMODATION/HOUSINGECONOMIC/COMMUNITY

Objects

The charity’s objects (‘Objects’) are specifically: to promote any charitable purpose for the public benefit by the advancement of education, the protection and preservation of health and the relief of poverty, sickness and distress in particular, but without limitation, for the benefit of the community in Basingstoke and Deane and surrounding areas.

Area of benefit: BASINGSTOKE AND DEANE AND SURROUNDING AREAS

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

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Accommodation/housing · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £2,437 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £488,476 and expenditure of £490,913. The trustees note that unrestricted reserves of £313,938 are maintained in line with a policy target of three to six months' unrestricted expenditure, providing sufficient funds to cover management costs and respond to emergency needs.

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.

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
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Property (HM Land Registry)

2 registered titles 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Anthony Roy Curtischair
• Andrew Mark Wooster
• Catherine Brooks
• Christopher Nigel Cooper
• Daniel Jonathan Weintroub
• Deborah Cornick · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Janice Margaret de Sousa
• Richard David Walter Haas
• Toju Ogbe

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CITIZENS ADVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LTD.

• CITIZENS ADVICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LTD income £1.3m
• BATH AND DISTRICT CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £996k
• Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole income £1.4m
• BASINGSTOKE AND DISTRICT COUNSELLING SERVICE income £429k
• CITIZENS ADVICE EAST BERKSHIRE LIMITED income £824k
• BRISTOL CITIZENS ADVICE BUREAU income £951k

Side by side with its peers

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