Citizens Advice 1066

Analysis

Citizens Advice 1066 is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, economic/community development/employment and human rights/religious or racial harmony/equality or diversity, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02923647). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice 1066 reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.3m, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £472k to £1.4m (+194%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Citizens Advice 1066 sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Action on Disability (£1.4m), Enrych (£1.4m) and Citizens Advice Merton and Lambeth (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £18k. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £702k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 35 people.