Blackpool Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Blackpool Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackpool. It was registered in June 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and disability, which this site groups under health and saving lives. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06787075). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackpool Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £1.1m and spending of £1.0m, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £895k to £1.1m (+28%), an average of +6.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Blackpool Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% 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 Durham Community Action Limited (£1.1m), International Aid Trust (£1.1m) and Music in Hospitals and Care (£1.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £699k would cover about 8 months of spending at that rate. It employed 32 people.