Citizens Advice Solent East

Analysis

Citizens Advice Solent East is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Portsmouth. It was registered in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02946921). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Solent East reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.8m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £905k to £1.9m (+107%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Advice Solent East sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Open Door Society Limited (£1.9m), LTPP (£1.9m) and Mercaz Torah Vechesed Limited (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and donations and legacies 2.2%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £402k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 80 people.