Welwyn Hatfield Citizens Advice Bureau Limited

Analysis

Welwyn Hatfield Citizens Advice Bureau Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hatfield. It was registered in August 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 03358982). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Welwyn Hatfield Citizens Advice Bureau Limited reported income of £526k and spending of £573k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £687k to £526k (-23%), an average of -6.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Welwyn Hatfield Citizens Advice Bureau Limited sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Alhidaya Croydon (£526k), Off the Record (South East Hampshire) (£526k) and Merseyside Law Centre Limited (£525k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and investments 3.1%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £251k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 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.