South Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

South Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in South Shields. It was registered in October 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 06210127). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £999k and spending of £948k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £838k to £999k (+19%), an average of +4.5% a year. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, South Tyneside Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 94th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Forest Upcycling Project (£998k), The East Lancashire Masonic Charity (£1000k) and British Friends of Chatzer Hakodesh Viznitz (£998k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £510k would cover about 6 months of spending at that rate. It employed 27 people.