Stevenage Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Stevenage Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stevenage. It was registered in September 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03836106). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Stevenage Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £2.3m and spending of £2.2m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £835k to £2.3m (+173%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 98%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Stevenage Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Baring Foundation (£2.2m), The Zochonis Charitable Trust (£2.3m) and The Schroder Foundation (£2.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94%, donations and legacies 4.2% and investments 1.0%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £609k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 37 people.