Bath and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Bath and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bath. It was registered in August 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 02845028). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bath and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £996k and spending of £1.2m, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £719k to £996k (+39%), an average of +8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 28%. 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, Bath and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Shaykel Esuh (£996k), Manna Society (£997k) and The Places Foundation (£996k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 56%, charitable activities 43% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £181k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.