St Helens District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

St Helens District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Helens. It was registered in July 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, the prevention or relief of poverty and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05318197). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, St Helens District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £797k and spending of £776k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £747k to £797k (+6.7%), an average of +1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, St Helens District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Prostate Cymru (£797k), Evergreen Care UK (£797k) and The Greenwich Carers Centre (£797k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 3.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £586k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.