Citizens Advice Gateshead

Analysis

Citizens Advice Gateshead is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyne & Wear. It was registered in May 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02631064). It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Gateshead reported income of £7.2m and spending of £7.1m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.2m to £7.2m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Citizens Advice Gateshead sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Michael's Hospice(North Hampshire) (£7.2m), International Centre for Life Trust (£7.2m) and South of England Foundation (£7.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £89k would cover about 0 months of spending at that rate. It employed 218 people.