Wokingham and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Wokingham and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wokingham. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 02862148). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wokingham and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £560k and spending of £514k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £447k to £560k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. 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, Wokingham and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include PS Foundation (£560k), Telford After Care Team (Tact) CIO (£560k) and Africa's Voices Foundation Limited (£559k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 54% and donations and legacies 45%. Charitable activities took 90% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £168k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 13 people.