Chapeltown Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Chapeltown Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in March 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 company (Companies House number 05674349). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chapeltown Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £672k and spending of £704k, spending 105% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £847k to £672k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 29%. 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, Chapeltown Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Shell Pensioners Benevolent Association (£672k), Digital Pipeline (£672k) and Iag UK & Europe (£671k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £420k would cover about 7 months of spending at that rate. It employed 21 people.