Citizens Advice Cheshire West

Analysis

Citizens Advice Cheshire West is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in March 2009, 17 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 06783496). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Cheshire West reported income of £1.8m and spending of £1.7m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1.4m to £1.8m (+37%), an average of +8.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. 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, Citizens Advice Cheshire West 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 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ichud Mosdos Gur Limited (£1.8m), The Aurora Trust (£1.9m) and Emmaus South Lambeth Community (£1.8m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 89% and donations and legacies 6.8%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £95k. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £443k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 44 people.