The Friends of Edenbridge and Westerham Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

The Friends of Edenbridge and Westerham Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in January 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it makes grants to organisations.

In the financial year ending March 2026, The Friends of Edenbridge and Westerham Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £22k and spending of £16k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7,190 to £22k (+203%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 350%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, The Friends of Edenbridge and Westerham Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Book Aid for Africa (Bafa) (£22k), The Eric Frank Trust (£22k) and Django Girls Foundation (£22k).