Citizens Advice Copeland

Analysis

Citizens Advice Copeland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in May 2000, 26 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 03954988). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Copeland reported income of £734k and spending of £737k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £544k to £734k (+35%), an average of +7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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, Citizens Advice Copeland sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wixamtree Trust (£725k), Aeonian Foundation (£734k) and The J Isaacs Charitable Trust (£725k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £128k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 19 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.