Citizens Advice Stroud & Cotswold Districts Ltd

Analysis

Citizens Advice Stroud & Cotswold Districts Ltd is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gloucestershire. It was registered in March 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04389411). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Stroud & Cotswold Districts Ltd reported income of £725k and spending of £712k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £614k to £725k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Citizens Advice Stroud & Cotswold Districts Ltd sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Redbridge Foodbank (£724k), Iah Charity Company Limited (£725k) and Qe2 Activity Centre (£724k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 94% and donations and legacies 6.2%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 7.0%. Reserves of £466k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 20 people.