Citizens Advice in North & West Kent

Analysis

Citizens Advice in North & West Kent is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tonbridge. It was registered in October 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03960538). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice in North & West Kent reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.4m, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.1m (+84%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Citizens Advice in North & West Kent sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Wizo.uk (£2.1m), Wecil Ltd (£2.1m) and Orwell Mencap (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 52%, donations and legacies 45%, trading 1.9% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 96% of spending and raising funds 2.8%. Reserves of £484k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 69 people.