Brighton and Hove Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Brighton and Hove Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in November 2002, 24 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 03794933). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brighton and Hove Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £831k and spending of £1.3m, spending 153% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £730k to £831k (+14%), an average of +3.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Brighton and Hove 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Rural Action Derbyshire (£830k), York Road Project (£832k) and Nottingham Law Centre Limited (£830k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 1.5%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £659k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 25 people.