Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited

Analysis

Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in April 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03038147). It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited 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 fell from £1.6m to £1.5m (-3.2%), an average of -0.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Lewisham Citizens Advice Bureaux Service Limited 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 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rockspring Charitable Trust (£1.5m), The John Thornhill Memorial Trust (£1.5m) and Manchester Action on Street Health (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £586k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.