Medway District Citizens Advice Bureau Service

Analysis

Medway District Citizens Advice Bureau Service is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in August 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05568569). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Medway District Citizens Advice Bureau Service reported income of £513k and spending of £731k, spending 143% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £1.6m to £513k (-68%), an average of -25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Medway District Citizens Advice Bureau Service sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 90th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Money Advice Ltd (£512k), The Beacon Church Camberley (£513k) and Guru Nanak Satsang Sabha (Karmsar) UK (£511k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 66%, donations and legacies 18% and investments 1.7%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £498k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 9 people.