Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East)

Analysis

Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in November 2006, 20 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under disability. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 05551406). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East) reported income of £2.7m and spending of £2.7m, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.8m to £2.7m (+48%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Citizens Advice in West Sussex (North, South, East) sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jigsaw + (£2.7m), Tyddyn Mon (£2.8m) and A New Direction London Limited (£2.7m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £910k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 72 people.