Bridport and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Bridport and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bridport. It was registered in January 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04876990). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bridport and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £286k and spending of £295k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £288k to £286k (-0.8%), an average of -0.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bridport and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% 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 The Red Hen Project (£285k), Emmanuel Church Canterbury (£286k) and Chapel of Life (£285k).