Derbyshire Districts Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Derbyshire Districts Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derbyshire. It was registered in October 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04429840). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Derbyshire Districts Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £4.2m and spending of £3.8m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.3m to £4.2m (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Derbyshire Districts 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 Carers Support West Sussex (£4.2m), Microbiology Society (£4.2m) and Zoreya Tzedokos (£4.2m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 90% and donations and legacies 9.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 74 people.