Citizens Advice New Forest

Analysis

Citizens Advice New Forest is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in November 2009, 17 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 06983394). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice New Forest reported income of £747k and spending of £779k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £429k to £747k (+74%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 15,276 England and Wales charities whose main cause is poverty relief and that reported income, Citizens Advice New Forest sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 92nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Education for the Children Foundation (£747k), Exeter Community Initiatives (£747k) and Noam Educational Trust (£746k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from donations and legacies 80%, charitable activities 16%, investments 2.2% and trading 1.6%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £3,000. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £208k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 30 people.

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.