Uttlesford Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Uttlesford Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in November 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover disability, the prevention or relief of poverty, accommodation/housing and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03771142). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Uttlesford Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £507k and spending of £481k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £368k to £507k (+38%), an average of +8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Uttlesford Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Liz and Jack Daniel Foundation (£506k), Home-Start Birmingham Consortium (£508k) and Eastleigh Youth & Community Trust (£505k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 4.6%, investments 2.5% and trading 1.4%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £389k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 16 people.