Torbay Citizens Advice Bureaux

Analysis

Torbay Citizens Advice Bureaux is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Devon. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02785039). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Torbay Citizens Advice Bureaux reported income of £433k and spending of £439k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £352k to £433k (+23%), an average of +5.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Torbay Citizens Advice Bureaux sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hosking House Trust (£433k), Dinnington Community Centre and Recreation Ground (£434k) and Ely Foodbank (£432k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.