Merthyr Tydfil Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Merthyr Tydfil Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merthyr Tydfil. It was registered in October 2008, 18 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under grant-making and general purposes. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06654115). It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and sponsors or undertakes research.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Merthyr Tydfil Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.5m and spending of £1.3m, spending 88% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £882k to £1.5m (+71%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 5,976 England and Wales charities whose main cause is grant-making and general purposes and that reported income, Merthyr Tydfil Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% 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 Porticus UK (£1.5m), The Drue Heinz Charitable Trust (£1.5m) and The Albert Hunt Trust (£1.5m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 99%. Charitable activities took 97% of spending and raising funds 1.5%. Reserves of £415k would cover about 4 months of spending at that rate. It employed 41 people.