Torfaen Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Torfaen Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torfaen. It was registered in April 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05083197). It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Torfaen Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £2.0m and spending of £1.9m, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.2m to £2.0m (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 17%. 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, Torfaen Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% 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 Warwickshire Community and Voluntary Action (£2.0m), Justlife Foundation (£2.0m) and inHope (Bristol) Limited (£2.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 93% and donations and legacies 3.8%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £321k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 65 people.