Sudbury & South Suffolk Citizens Advice

Analysis

Sudbury & South Suffolk Citizens Advice is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in April 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under other charitable purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06051096). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sudbury & South Suffolk Citizens Advice reported income of £249k and spending of £266k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £353k to £249k (-29%), an average of -8.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 19%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 1,463 England and Wales charities whose main cause is other charitable purposes and that reported income, Sudbury & South Suffolk Citizens Advice sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 83rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Royal Air Force Rugby Union (£248k), The Hereford Mappa Mundi Trust (£252k) and The Chantry Centre (£246k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.