The Esher and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

The Esher and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in July 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02719456). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Esher and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £272k and spending of £270k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £190k to £272k (+44%), an average of +9.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Esher and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Waveney Foodbank (£272k), The Lovington Foundation (£272k) and The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants' Benevolent Fund (£272k).