Chelmsford Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Chelmsford Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in August 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04063248). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chelmsford Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.2m and spending of £1.1m, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £952k to £1.2m (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 28%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Chelmsford Citizens Advice Bureau 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The East to West Trust (£1.2m), Above Bar Church (£1.2m) and Good Company (Surrey) (£1.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 96%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £365k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.