St Albans District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

St Albans District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Albans. It was registered in November 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02969165). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Albans District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £528k and spending of £518k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £421k to £528k (+25%), an average of +5.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 34%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, St Albans District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Godmanchester Baptist Church (£527k), Christ Church Newcastle (£528k) and Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau (£527k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, investments 1.4% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £58k. Reserves of £197k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.