Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire

Analysis

Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in May 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02715290). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice South Gloucestershire reported income of £964k and spending of £862k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £541k to £964k (+78%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 66%. 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 South Gloucestershire sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% 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 Hatzola Northwest Trust (£963k), Barnsley Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Services (£964k) and Portsmouth Hospitals Charity (£963k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, trading 3.1% and donations and legacies 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £407k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.