Swindon and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Swindon and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in swindon. It was registered in July 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 04141854). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Swindon and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £961k and spending of £887k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £678k to £961k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Swindon and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Congregation Yetev Lev Dsatmar Antwerp Limited (£960k), International Pole and Line Foundation (£961k) and The Insurance Charities (£959k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and trading 1.5%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £453k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 28 people.