Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre

Analysis

Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dewsbury. It was registered in September 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04259550). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre reported income of £1.7m and spending of £1.8m, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £2.0m to £1.7m (-17%), an average of -4.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Kirklees Citizens Advice and Law Centre sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% 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 The Joe and Rosa Frenkel Charitable Trust (£1.6m), Northamptonshire Domestic Abuse Service (£1.7m) and Motiv8 South (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £786k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 58 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.