Shepway Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Shepway Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05063463). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Shepway Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £235k and spending of £248k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £256k to £235k (-8.4%), an average of -2.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Shepway Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Earley Charity (£235k), The Sisters of Providence of Ruille-Sur-Loir (£235k) and Croydon Accessible Transport (£234k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue.