Carlisle and Eden Districts Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Carlisle and Eden Districts Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in August 2005, 21 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 05384148). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carlisle and Eden Districts Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £967k and spending of £957k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £563k to £967k (+72%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 35%. Over the whole period it spent 92% 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, Carlisle and Eden Districts Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The P27 Trust (£963k), Age Concern (Eastbourne Number 2) Limited (£971k) and Hastings Voluntary Action (£963k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97%, investments 2.1% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £729k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 34 people.