North Somerset Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

North Somerset Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Somerset. It was registered in February 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02906303). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Somerset Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £799k to £1.4m (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, North Somerset Citizens Advice Bureau 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southend Association of Voluntary Services (£1.4m), Community Southwark (£1.4m) and Horizon Care and Welfare Association (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 79% and donations and legacies 21%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £167k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 56 people.