Ipswich and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Ipswich and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in October 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03438957). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ipswich and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £952k and spending of £944k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £705k to £952k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Ipswich and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brownhills Community Association Limited (£952k), Standout Programmes (£953k) and The Paloma Foundation (£951k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95% and donations and legacies 1.9%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £355k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.