Citizens Advice Bury and Bolton Limited

Analysis

Citizens Advice Bury and Bolton Limited is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bolton. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05030345). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Bury and Bolton Limited reported income of £2.1m and spending of £1.7m, spending 83% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2.0m to £2.1m (+3.8%), an average of +0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 20%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Citizens Advice Bury and Bolton Limited sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Bressler Foundation (£2.1m), The Burberry Foundation (£2.1m) and Bluebase Foundation (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £1.2m would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 51 people.