Barking and Dagenham Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Barking and Dagenham Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in March 2008, 18 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 01821310). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Barking and Dagenham Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £465k and spending of £431k, spending 93% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £734k to £465k (-37%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 27%. 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, Barking and Dagenham Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 86th percentile: it is larger than about 86% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North East Windhill Community Association (£465k), Guru Nanak Gurdwara (£467k) and Cove Parochial Church Council (£465k).