Southend on Sea Guild of Help and Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Southend on Sea Guild of Help and Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in February 2002, 24 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 04344100). It says it makes grants to individuals and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Southend on Sea Guild of Help and Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.2m, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £663k to £1.5m (+125%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Southend on Sea Guild of Help and Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Age Concern Durham County (£1.5m), The Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (£1.5m) and The Africa Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from trading 77%, charitable activities 21% and investments 1.1%. Charitable activities took 12% of spending and raising funds 87%. Reserves of £1.7m would cover about 16 months of spending at that rate. It employed 40 people.