Citizens Advice Waltham Forest Ltd

Analysis

Citizens Advice Waltham Forest Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability 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 03696999). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Waltham Forest Ltd reported income of £1.3m and spending of £1.3m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.1m to £1.3m (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Citizens Advice Waltham Forest Ltd sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Active Essex Foundation (£1.3m), Smart Criminal Justice Services (£1.3m) and The Medicalert Foundation (£1.3m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £388k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 31 people.