East Herts Citizens Advice Service

Analysis

East Herts Citizens Advice Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in November 2000, 26 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 03982216). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, East Herts Citizens Advice Service reported income of £526k and spending of £450k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £500k to £526k (+5.2%), an average of +1.3% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, East Herts Citizens Advice Service sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Snoop (£525k), Oxford United in the Community (£526k) and Louth Playgoers Society Limited (£525k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 87%, donations and legacies 7.7% and investments 2.0%. Charitable activities took 91% of spending and raising funds 7.0%. Reserves of £142k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 12 people.