Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole

Analysis

Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bournemouth. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03537836). It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.6m, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.5m to £1.4m (-0.7%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 52%. 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, Citizens Advice Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole 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 The Matliwala Family Charitable Trust (£1.4m), Citizens Advice South West Surrey (£1.4m) and Lajna Ima'illah (UK) (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 6.4%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £6,787. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Grants to other organisations totalled £21k. Reserves of £275k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 57 people.