Cardiff and Vale Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Cardiff and Vale Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Vale of Glamorgan. It was registered in November 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04291764). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cardiff and Vale Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £4.9m and spending of £4.9m, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £4.3m to £4.9m (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Cardiff and Vale Citizens Advice Bureau 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 98th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Caring Connections Limited (£4.9m), Fundd (£5.0m) and YMCA North Tyneside (£4.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £509k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 139 people.