Ashford Borough Citizens Advice

Analysis

Ashford Borough Citizens Advice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in September 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03242709). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashford Borough Citizens Advice reported income of £246k and spending of £279k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £299k to £246k (-18%), an average of -4.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Ashford Borough Citizens Advice sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include London Chamber of Commerce and Industry Commercial Education Trust (£246k), Stepping Stones of Chester (£246k) and Life Skills Education Charity (£242k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.