Havering Citizens Advice Bureaux

Analysis

Havering Citizens Advice Bureaux is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02577502). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Havering Citizens Advice Bureaux reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.0m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £525k to £1.1m (+103%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Havering Citizens Advice Bureaux sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Neuro Therapy Centre Ltd (£1.1m), The Galen and Hilary Weston Foundation (£1.1m) and The Panacea Charitable Trust (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 75% and donations and legacies 25%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £148k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.