Barnet Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Barnet Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in November 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 02627909). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnet Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.5m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.5m (+30%), an average of +6.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 22%. 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, Barnet Citizens Advice Bureau 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 Pen Green Centre (£1.5m), Staffordshire South West Citizens Advice Bureau (£1.5m) and School of Hard Knocks (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and donations and legacies 1.6%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £671k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 43 people.