Wakefield District Citizens Advice Bureaux

Analysis

Wakefield District Citizens Advice Bureaux is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wakefield. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03229045). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wakefield District Citizens Advice Bureaux reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.1m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.0m to £1.0m (-0.0%), an average of +-0.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Wakefield District Citizens Advice Bureaux sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 The Dockland Settlements (£1.0m), The Renegade Foundation (£1.0m) and The Adjutant General's Corps Association (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 2.1%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £386k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.