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Barnsley and District Citizens Advice Bureau

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1097422BarnsleyPoverty relief
Income£1.0m2025-03-31
Spending£1.1msame year
Spent / received98%5-year average
Size in its cause93rd pctPoverty relief
Registered2003Charitable company
Employees30latest return

Analysis

Barnsley and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Barnsley. It was registered in May 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04649873). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barnsley and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.0m and spending of £1.1m, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £926k to £1.0m (+11%), an average of +2.7% a year. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Barnsley and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas & All Saint's Worcester (£1.0m), The Rifles Benevolent Trust (£1.0m) and St Giles Charity Estates (£1.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 2.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £478k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.

Income and spending

£0£277k£554k£831k£1.1m2021 Income: £926,0762021 Spending: £761,89520212022 Income: £903,3702022 Spending: £865,94020222023 Income: £892,1942023 Spending: £931,76620232024 Income: £993,8092024 Spending: £965,42120242025 Income: £1,030,0502025 Spending: £1,107,3812025
IncomeSpending

Where the income comes from

  • Donations 0.0%
  • Charitable activities 97%
  • Investments 2.2%
  • Other 0.5%

In the charity's own words

i) To provide the advice people need for the problems they faceii) To improve the policies and practices that affect peoples lives

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Nicholas & All Saint's WorcesterWorcester£1.0m
The Rifles Benevolent TrustWinchester£1.0m
St Giles Charity EstatesNorthampton£1.0m
London Good News Church LimitedLondon£1.0m