Sutton Borough Citizens' Advice Bureaux

Analysis

Sutton Borough Citizens' Advice Bureaux is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in April 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03179963). It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sutton Borough Citizens' Advice Bureaux reported income of £1.9m and spending of £1.8m, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £1.9m (+9.2%), an average of +2.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Sutton Borough Citizens' Advice Bureaux sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Benedict's Hospice, Sunderland (£1.9m), Donating Charity Limited (£1.9m) and Q Charitable Trust (£1.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.6%. Reserves of £484k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.