Wiltshire Citizens Advice

Analysis

Wiltshire Citizens Advice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wiltshire. It was registered in May 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 03204218). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wiltshire Citizens Advice reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.6m, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.6m (+9.5%), an average of +2.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Wiltshire Citizens Advice 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 Charity Meals (£1.6m), The Hackney Foodbank (£1.6m) and The Gertner Charitable Trust (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, trading 3.8% and donations and legacies 1.3%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,000. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £376k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.

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.