Citizens Advice Lancashire West

Analysis

Citizens Advice Lancashire West is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in December 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03835274). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Lancashire West reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.9m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £2.1m (+54%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Lancashire West sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Age UK Stockport (£2.1m), Breast Cancer UK Limited (£2.1m) and Advonet (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 10% and investments 2.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £218k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.2%. Reserves of £1.9m would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 61 people.