Citizens Advice Sefton

Analysis

Citizens Advice Sefton is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in November 2003, 23 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04794809). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Sefton reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.1m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.1m to £1.1m (+0.2%), an average of +0.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 40%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Citizens Advice Sefton 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 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Rainbow Centre for Conductive Education Ltd (£1.1m), Faculty of Medical Leadership and Management (£1.1m) and The League of Friends to the Robert Jones & Agnes Hunt Orthopaedic Hospital (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £573k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 29 people.