Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux

Analysis

Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Enfield. It was registered in December 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03626139). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux reported income of £827k and spending of £940k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.2m to £827k (-33%), an average of -9.4% a year. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux 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 Citizens Advice Newcastle (£825k), Balham Community Centre (£829k) and West Smethwick Enterprise (£824k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £445k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.