Citizens Advice Newcastle

Analysis

Citizens Advice Newcastle is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle Upon Tyne. It was registered in April 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover the prevention or relief of poverty, which this site groups under poverty relief. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 02114435). It says it provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Citizens Advice Newcastle reported income of £825k and spending of £785k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £815k to £825k (+1.2%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 29%. 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, Citizens Advice Newcastle sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Smethwick Enterprise (£824k), Enfield Citizens Advice Bureaux (£827k) and Southside Family Project (£823k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 98%. Gifts in wills alone brought in £5,173. Charitable activities took 98% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £622k would cover about 9 months of spending at that rate. It employed 23 people.