Carmarthenshire Citizens Advice Bureau

Analysis

Carmarthenshire Citizens Advice Bureau is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Carmarthenshire. It was registered in May 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 07600945). It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Carmarthenshire Citizens Advice Bureau reported income of £719k and spending of £1.1m, spending 151% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £706k to £719k (+1.8%), an average of +0.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, Carmarthenshire Citizens Advice Bureau sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% 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 Young Concern Trust (£717k), Little Firs Day Nursery (£735k) and Wrexham and District Citizens Advice Bureau (£714k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 99% and investments 1.3%. Charitable activities took 71% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £132k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 22 people.