Bromsgrove and District Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Bromsgrove and District Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromsgrove. It was registered in January 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Bromsgrove and District Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £558k and spending of £577k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £397k to £558k (+41%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Bromsgrove and District Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (£558k), Hackney Doorways (£558k) and Plymouth Charity Trust (£558k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 51%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £575k would cover about 12 months of spending at that rate. It employed 18 people.