Rhondda Cynon Taff Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Rhondda Cynon Taff Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mid Glamorgan. It was registered in March 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 03717793). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Rhondda Cynon Taff Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £3.1m and spending of £3.0m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.7m to £3.1m (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Rhondda Cynon Taff Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leverhulme Trade Charities Trust (£3.1m), The Muath Trust (£3.1m) and The Cherie Blair Foundation for Women (£3.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92% and donations and legacies 7.8%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £768k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 102 people.