Citizens Advice Colchester

Analysis

Citizens Advice Colchester is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in April 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04431673). It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Citizens Advice Colchester reported income of £294k and spending of £429k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £295k to £294k (-0.2%), an average of -0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 42%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Citizens Advice Colchester 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 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Barnabas Pre-School (£294k), White Road Playgroup (£294k) and Nuffield International Farming Scholarships (£294k).