Redbridge Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Redbridge Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in April 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 04249530). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Redbridge Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £588k and spending of £567k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £550k to £588k (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Redbridge Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redeemed Christian Church of God RCCG Kings Court Chapel (£587k), British Friends of Tiferes Chaim (£588k) and York and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£586k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £244k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.