Citizens Advice South West Surrey

Analysis

Citizens Advice South West Surrey is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03258272). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice South West Surrey reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.5m, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £438k to £1.4m (+231%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 114%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Advice South West Surrey sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (£1.4m), Hartcliffe and Withywood Ventures (£1.4m) and The Matliwala Family Charitable Trust (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £237k. Reserves of £640k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.