Scunthorpe and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Scunthorpe and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Scunthorpe. It was registered in June 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05446797). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Scunthorpe and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £838k to £1.8m (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 75%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Scunthorpe and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 St Hilda's East (£1.8m), Cord Global (£1.8m) and YWCA England & Wales (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £714k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.