North Hertfordshire and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

North Hertfordshire and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in May 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04194542). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Hertfordshire and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £725k and spending of £776k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £595k to £725k (+22%), an average of +5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, North Hertfordshire and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% 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 Legacy East Almshouse Partnership (£724k), Nova New Opportunities (£725k) and St Andrew Holborn and Stafford's Charity (£724k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 95%, donations and legacies 3.9% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £302k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 26 people.