Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland

Analysis

Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in December 2005, 21 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability, the prevention or relief of poverty and accommodation/housing, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05562437). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland reported income of £1.6m and spending of £1.4m, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £751k to £1.6m (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Advice Darlington, Redcar and Cleveland sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Institution of Engineering and Technology Benevolent Fund (£1.6m), Start in Salford (£1.6m) and Asylum Welcome (£1.6m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £713k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.