Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exeter. It was registered in March 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04334063). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £527k and spending of £457k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £596k to £527k (-12%), an average of -3.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 18%. 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, Exeter Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Off the Record (South East Hampshire) (£526k), Godmanchester Baptist Church (£527k) and Welwyn Hatfield Citizens Advice Bureau Limited (£526k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 77%, donations and legacies 21% and investments 1.2%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £66k. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.7%. Reserves of £382k would cover about 10 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.