Citizens UK Charity

Analysis

Citizens UK Charity is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in December 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05268071). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens UK Charity reported income of £12.0m and spending of £12.6m, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6.5m to £12.0m (+83%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 UK Charity sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include World Cancer Research Fund (£11.9m), Imagine Independence (£12.0m) and Frontline AIDS (£11.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 48%, trading 38% and charitable activities 12%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 7.1%. Reserves of £1.0m would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 155 people.