The Bassetlaw Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

The Bassetlaw Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottinghamshire. It was registered in March 2007, 19 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06068486). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Bassetlaw Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.4m and spending of £1.2m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £574k to £1.4m (+136%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, The Bassetlaw Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 95th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Community Action Bradford & District Ltd. (£1.4m), Brighton Women's Centre (£1.4m) and Quaker Social Action (£1.4m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 97% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £490k would cover about 5 months of spending at that rate. It employed 50 people.